Making the medieval relevant: how medieval studies contribute to improving our understanding of the present
In: Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte Band 6
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Why Should we Care about the Middle Ages? Putting the Case for the Relevance of Studying Medieval Europe / Jones, Chris / Kostick, Conor / Oschema, Klaus -- Science -- Providing Reliable Data? Combining Scientific and Historical Perspectives on Flooding Events in Medieval and Early Modern Nuremberg (1400-1800) / Kluge, Tobias / Schuh, Maximilian -- Medieval History, Explosive Volcanism, and the Geoengineering Debate / Kostick, Conor / Ludlow, Francis -- The Middle Ages in the Genetics Lab / Feuchter, Jörg -- Could Medieval Medicine Help the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance? / Harrison, Freya / Connelly, Erin -- Education -- The Contemporary Delegitimization of (Medieval) History - and of the Traditional University Curriculum as a Whole / Demade, Julien -- Pacific Perspectives: Why study Europe's Middle Ages in Aotearoa New Zealand? / Jones, Chris / Williams, Madi -- How to be a Time Traveller: Exploring Venice with a Fifteenth-Century Pilgrimage Guide / Grazia Di Stefano, Laura -- Society -- Heaven Can Tell . . . Late Medieval Astrologers as Experts - and what they can Teach us about Contemporary Financial Expertise / Oschema, Klaus -- Eoin MacNeill's Early Medieval Ireland: A Scholarship for Politics or a Politics of Scholarship? / Johnston, Elva -- What's in a Word? Naming 'Muslims' in Medieval Christian Iberia / Sirantoine, Hélène -- The Enduring Power of the Cult of Relics - an Irish Perspective / Wycherley, Niamh -- Resilience and Society in Medieval Southampton: An Archaeological Approach to Anticipatory Action, Politics, and Economy / Jervis, Ben -- Reflections -- Studying the Middle Ages: Historical Food for Thought in the Present Day / Monnet, Pierre -- Notes on Contributors -- Index