The splendor and opulence of the past : studying the Middle Ages in Enlightenment Catalonia

Author(s)

• Freedman, Paul H.

Bibliographic Information

The splendor and opulence of the past : studying the Middle Ages in Enlightenment Catalonia

Paul Freedman

（Medieval societies, religions, and cultures）

Cornell University Press, 2023

• : hardcover

Note

Summary: "An account of a group of Catalan historians of the Middle Ages active in the eighteenth century and affiliated with the monastery of Bellpuig de les Avellanes. The major figure was Jaume Caresmar (1717-1791) and in addition to analyzing his now scattered and largely unpublished works, the book discusses the image of the Middle Ages in the formation of modem Catalan identity"--Provided by publisher

Bibliography: p. 293-320

Includes index

Details

• NCID: BD0718401X
• ISBN:
  • 9781501772221
• LCCN: 2023003317
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Ithaca
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 340 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DP302.C619
  • DC23 : 946.7033
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Caresmar y Alemany, Jaime, 1717-1791
  • LCSH : Bellpuig de las Avellanas (Monastery) -- History
  • LCSH : Catalonia (Spain) -- Historiography
  • LCSH : Catalonia (Spain) -- History -- 18th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BC18448003