‘The revolt of the medievalists’. Directions in recent research on the twelfth-century renaissance
Leidulf Melve
This historiographical article contains two basic parts. First, it discusses recent approaches to the twelfth-century renaissance in last decades by focusing on some selected themes. These themes basically derive from Charles Homer Haskins' notion of and include individualism, rationality, secularisation, question emergence a ‘critical mentality.’ From this point departure, addresses thematic innovation with regard renaissance. The second part effect so-called linguistic turn studies general particular. In conclusion, suggestions for further research are singled out.
Journal of Medieval History