The Great War and Medieval Memory: War, Remembrance and Medievalism in Britain and Germany, 1914–1940 (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare, Series Number 23)
A comparative history of how Britain and Germany invoked medieval imagery to remember and make sense of the First World War between 1914 and 1940.
About This Book
This study examines the role of medieval memory in shaping public remembrance of the First World War in Britain and Germany.
It analyzes how cultural traditions and symbols from the Middle Ages were adapted to interpret the experiences of modern industrialized warfare.
The book compares national practices of commemoration and the ways each society connected contemporary events to a perceived medieval past.
Published as part of the Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare series, it draws on a wide range of historical sources.
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