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The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism - Parker, Joanne (Editor), and Wagner, Corinna (Editor)
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In 1859, the historian Lord John Acton asserted: 'two great principles divide the world, and contend for the mastery, antiquity and the middle ages'. The influence on Victorian culture of the 'Middle Ages' (broadly understood then as the centuries between the Roman Empire and the Renaissance) was both pervasive and multi-faceted. This 'medievalism' led, for instance, to the rituals and ornament of the Medieval Catholic church being reintroduced to Anglicanism. It led to the Saxon Witan being celebrated as a prototypical ...

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The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism 2023, Oxford University Press, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780198883340

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The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism 2020, Oxford University Press, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780199669509

Hardcover