Creative Selection between Emending and Forming Medieval Memory

How can it be, that only as much happens as fits into the newspaper the next day? (K. Valentin). Information of the past has to be organised, arranged and selected. The process of selection must be seen as the fundamental moment of making History. This book shows selection as creative act. With the...

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Other Authors: Scholz, Sebastian (Editor), Schwedler, Gerald (Editor)
Format: eBook
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2021
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