Cultural traffic in the medieval Romance world
Simon Gaunt|Julián Weiss
This article introduces the issue by discussing ‘Romance Studies’ as an ideological construct and suggesting ways in which this might inform our understanding of cultural exchanges parts medieval Europe where Romance languages were spoken. Through examination programmatic inaugural articles two major academic journals field (Romania, established 1872, Cultura Neolatina, published 1941), authors show that any idea a world’, its value boundaries (both internal external) is contingent on historical factors, turn means modern ideas about what may have constituted world’ past are often inflected political, concerns. A further example ‘discovery’ kharjas Iberia 1949.
Journal of Romance Studies