Description Though the medieval is often deployed as a stigmatic symbol of all that is retrograde, against modernity, and barbaric, the medieval is increasingly being sought as a bedrock of tradition, heritage, and identity, especially by writers and politicians on the far right.
Both characterizations - the medieval as violent other and the medieval as vital foundation - are mined and studied in this book.
Daniel Wollenberg examines contemporary political uses of the Middle Ages to ask why the medieval continues to play such a prominent role in the political and historical imagination today.
About the Author Daniel Wollenberg is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Tampa, specializing in medieval literature and culture.
He has recently published articles on political medievalism on the far right in the journal postmedieval.
Arc Humanities Press Medieval imagery in today's politics, paperback/daniel wollenberg
