The Past as Text

Postmodernism has challenged historians to look at historical texts in new ways. The author sets out to read medieval histories in light of the critical-theoret... » 

Postmodernism has challenged historians to look at historical texts in new ways. The author sets out to read medieval histories in light of the critical-theoretical problems raised and urges a method of analysis which recognizes the texts as artifice, yet embedded in a knowable social world. «