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Two Contemporary Gregorian Editions Of Pope Gregory The Great's Regula Pastoralis In Troyes Ms 504, Richard Clement
Two Contemporary Gregorian Editions Of Pope Gregory The Great's Regula Pastoralis In Troyes Ms 504, Richard Clement
Richard W. Clement
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Richard Verstegan's Reinvention Of Anglo-Saxon England: A Contribution From The Continent, Richard Clement
Richard Verstegan's Reinvention Of Anglo-Saxon England: A Contribution From The Continent, Richard Clement
Richard W. Clement
The reinvention of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance is an historicized approach to constructions of the past. How and why does the present of any period uses the past to promote its own opinions, beliefs, doctrines or views? In particular, this volume demonstrates that reinventions of past eras or figures can be motivated by a nationalistic desire to create cultural 'roots', to discover origins that justify a regime or group's self-identity, to appropriate a cultural icon or neglected author for a particular political agenda, or to reflect on contemporary social issues via a remote time and place. Reworkings or …
Local History From 8000 Miles Away: Early Colac Court Records In The United States, Arthur Fraas
Local History From 8000 Miles Away: Early Colac Court Records In The United States, Arthur Fraas
Arthur Mitchell Fraas
This article examines a volume of Colac court records from the mid-nineteenth century now held in the United States. It details the contents of the volume with an eye towards the nature of local justice in early Victoria and the ways in which legal records can provide a window into the past. In addition, the article calls attention to the increasingly global nature of local history studies. In sharing the story of this trans-oceanic ‘discovery’ and its subsequent digitisation, it provides a possible model for future directions in archival research.