Besides my main interest of study (religious conflict and reform in the late Middle Ages) I often ponder on medievalism, i.e. representations of the Middle Ages in contemporary or post-medieval historical contexts. A result of these reflections is an article about imagined early medieval Turku in the literary production of a popular albeit largely forgotten… Continue reading Imagined Medieval Turku
Tag: Medievalism
Actual medieval history – and the inescapability of the topicality
I’ve planned this semi-professional blog for a while, and like all projects, the start is always the most difficult part. To be honest, I’ve written already two drafts for the first blog post, only to decide that I was not pleased. So finally I made up my mind and picked up an actual topic. In… Continue reading Actual medieval history – and the inescapability of the topicality