Writing Southern Italy before the Renaissance : trecento historians of the Mezzogiorno / Ronald G. Musto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Musto, Ronald G., author.

Series:

Routledge studies in Renaissance and early modern worlds of knowledge

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography.

Italy, Southern--Historiography.

Italy, Southern.

Italy, Southern--History--1268-1735.

Southern Italy.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"This volume traces the work of trecento historians of the Mezzogiorno, analyzing it through current methodological and theoretical frameworks. Questioning the current consensus, the book examines how the South as a cultural "other" began evolving over the fourteenth century, and reconsiders the nineteenth-century "Southern Question" concerning the Mezzogiorno's history, culture and people and its lingering negative image in Europe and America. It also focuses on specific histories, authors and historiographical issues, and reviews how new understandings of the Mediterranean have begun to alter our perceptions of the South in a new global context and as the basis for new historical research"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The historians: their lives and works

Sources

Narrative communities and strategies

The impact of romance

Visual evidence

Case studies

Constructing grand narratives: the black legend of the Angevins

Medieval to Renaissance: the historiographical question

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Musto, Ronald G., author. Writing Southern Italy before the Renaissance

ISBN:

9781138702516

113870251X

OCLC:

1055567861