Feudal America: Elements of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Society By Vladimir Shlapentokh and Joshua Woods Penn State Press, 2011. 184 pages. $54.95 cloth, $39.95 paper

Social Forces ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. e49-e49
Author(s):  
R. Lachmann
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Penn State ◽  
The Middle Ages

scholarly journals Eternal Middle Ages: Time Models in Modern Mass Culture

2015 ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
A. I. Pozharov
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Cultural Artifacts ◽  
Modern Mass ◽  
The Middle Ages

Eternal Middle Ages: Time Models in Modern Mass Culture (by Aleksey Pozharov). Nowadays in the works of mass culture, a remarkable interest in the Middle Ages is noticed. According to many cultural studies, it is not so much the historical Middle Ages reflected in the cultural artifacts as it is the contemporary society set in medieval surroundings. What images and ideas does the modern mass culture deliver? In order to deal with this issue, it’s necessary to consider one of the fundamental concerns of civilization: which model of time is relevant to the contemporary cultural artifacts.

scholarly journals Ustawodawstwo szkolne soborów od XII do pierwszej połowy XIV w. i początki jego recepcji w średniowiecznej Polsce - zarys problemu

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-19
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Ratajczak
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Legislative Activity ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Middle Ages

The aim of the paper is an analysis of a broadly understood legislation of general councils which took place in an important period for the development of the then educational system and culture - at the height of the Middle Ages (12th-13th c.). While analysing the written records of synodal and council acts, several interesting aspects can be considered: the regulations related to the education of clergy (the diocesan ones, as the same issues concerning monastic orders were regulated by the inner legislation of general chapters), the organization of schools and teaching programmes, the records telling about the moralizing influence on the community of the faithful, and finally, the attitude of the Church toward the question of general access to education, including the functioning of universities. The presented study demonstrates a significant role of ecclesiastical school legislation for the development of the educational system in mediaeval Poland. Also, it can be noticed that all changes in this matter were the result of legislative activity of the Church but also responded to the educational needs of the contemporary society. The latter, in turn, stemmed from a general civilizational development of Latin Europe, the part of which were the lands being under the rule of the Piast dynasty.

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