The Internationalism of German Castle Research: Bodo Ebhardt, His European Network, and the Construction of 'Castle Knowledge'
Fabian Link
Recent monographs and articles emphasize the strong impact of nationalism racist thinking on archaeology. In contrast to treatments which focus single nation states archaeology as a politically legitimate science, this paper explores tension between internationalism premises in German castle research, how it manifests itself construction knowledge about medieval castles across national borders. I will Bodo Ebhardt, Germany's most famous influential researcher first half 20th century. The analysis his scientific work, personal contact with other European researchers well politicians patrons, shed light changes continuities network, particular past that was influenced by formation which, turn, affected assessment castles.
Public Archaeology