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The Beginnings Of Printing In Anglo-Saxon Type, 1565-1630, Richard Clement
The Beginnings Of Printing In Anglo-Saxon Type, 1565-1630, 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 …