Must We Divide History Into Periods? by Jacques Le Goff -- New from CUP

"Le Goff was one of the truly great historians of our time, and his final reflections on the nature and responsibilities of our craft are lucid, profound, and humane." - R. I. Moore EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES MORE TITLES IN EUROPEAN HISTORY NEW RELEASES Must We Divide History Into Periods? Jacques Le Goff; Translated by Malcolm DeBevoise We have long thought of the Renaissance as a luminous era that marked a decisive break with the past, but the idea of the Renaissance as a distinct period arose only during the nineteenth century. Jacques Le Goff pleads for a strikingly different view. In this, his last book, he argues persuasively that many of the innovations we associate with the Renaissance have medieval roots, and that many of the most deplorable aspects of medieval society continued to flourish during the Renaissance. We should instead view Western civilization as undergoing several "renaissances" following the fall of Rome, over the course of a long Middle Ages that lasted until the mid-eighteenth century. While it is indeed necessary to divide history into periods, Le Goff maintains, the meaningful continuities of human development only become clear when historians adopt a long perspective. Genuine revolutions--the shifts that signal the end of one period and the beginning of the next--are much rarer than we think.  -  Read an excerpt from Must We Divide History Into Periods?   $30.00 $21.00 | Cloth | 184 pages | £20.00*   USE COUPON CODE "CUP30" AND SAVE 30%   *Customers in UK, Europe, and Middle East please contact customer@wiley.com STAY CONNECTED

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