Peasants’ Revolts Memories: Damnatio Memoriae Or Hidden Memories?
Vincent Challet
Patrick J. Geary has brilliantly demonstrated how, during the eleventh century, monks became professionals of memory and began to build-sometimes using forgery-a Carolingian past that could be useful their monasteries, especially when they had defend rights on disputed lands. The importance remembering in medieval society relates, Christendom, as Christianity is a religion based Christ's sacrifice. attitude chroniclers like Jean de Venette or Froissart towards Peasant's Revolts similar injunction issued by Yahweh Jews about Amaleq saying them should erase but not forget it. damnatio memoriae rebellions was linked first phase repression/abolition followed every rebellion was, subtle way, much more effective forcing peasants significance own actions. Keywords: Amaleq; ; rebellions; peasant's revolts memories
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