Cosmopolitanism and Medievalism
John M. Ganim
Cosmopolitan ideas flourished during the Enlightenment, which also viewed Middle Ages as antithetical to such ideas. However, some recent representations of in film and literature focus on heroic defenses cosmopolitan ideals Ages. This essay surveys arguments about medieval cosmopolitanism concludes that anti-cosmopolitan positions often existed simultaneously within same discourse or narrative. Chaucer, Gower, Mandeville are briefly discussed examples.
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