Matthew Spinka, Howard Kaminsky, and the Future of the Medieval Hussites

Name: Matthew Spinka, Howard Kaminsky, and the Future of the Medieval Hussites
SKU: 9781793650801
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Author: Thomas A. Fudge
ISBN: 9781793650801

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvThomas A. Fudge

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The Hussite movement is essential for understanding medieval Europe and the development of Western civilization. Matthew Spinka and Howard Kaminsky stand at the forefront of scholarship introducing this subject to the Anglophone world. Thomas A. Fudge argues their role in the religious historiography of late medieval Europe is a precursor to global medievalism. Combining commitment to the Christian faith with firm opposition to the Soviet-mandated Marxist-Communist ideology that dominated twentieth-century Czechoslovakia, Spinka strove to present Jan Hus as a medieval figure driven by religious devotion. Motivated by Jewish atheism and a modified form of Marxist analysis, Kaminsky rescued the medieval Hussites from oblivion and political agendas. Fudge explores biography, history, and historiography as an essential intellectual segue between medieval Hussites and modern scholarship. Matthew Spinka, Howard Kaminsky, and the Medieval Hussites considers biography, evaluates the work of both historians, elaborates their methods, assesses their interpretations, and analyzes their historiographical significance for the study of Hussite history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-07-07
Mått162 x 228 x 27 mm
Vikt739 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor352
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793650801

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
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Matthew Spinka, Howard Kaminsky, and the Medieval Hussites is an intellectually stimulating romp across an important but neglected landscape. Thomas A. Fudge demonstrates the significance of Howard Kaminsky’s stature as a medievalist, his importance as one of the premier international interpreters of the Hussite movement, and his wizardry as a curious and brilliant student of religion. Fudge has rightly recognized Kaminsky’s central place in Anglophone historiography and along with the contributions of Matthew Spinka has clarified the development of Hussite scholarship in the West. Intellectually provocative and relentlessly probing, reflecting the patience of a detective, Fudge makes a powerful contribution to our understanding of the medieval world by underscoring the broader importance of historiographical reflection as well as the original contributions of the Hussite phenomena. An uncommon achievement.