Rönesans’tan 19. Yüzyıla Avrupa Tarihyazımında İlerleme Fikri, Dönemselleştirme ve Orta Çağ Avrupa Tarihi Algısı
Journal Title: insan & toplum - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 6
Abstract
As an object of historical research, Medieval European history has become a victim of classic European historiographical periodization, which has settled in the minds of Europeans since the Renaissance. This article argues that intellectual and philosophical tensions inherent in the perception of Medieval European history have imposed a Eurocentric view on the European Middle Ages. On the one hand, according to the essential postulates of the modern progressive and teleological historical understanding, the European Middle Ages have been sharply criticised by scholars and intellectuals for a number of reasons, such as political fragmentation, predominance of religious authority over social life, and delay in the germination of free thought. On the other hand, this period has been paradoxically affirmed due to the factors like the emergence of relatively more individualistic and communal religious practices against the spiritual authority of the Church, and the shaping of folk culture, which provided a basis for national cultures. Thus both criticism and affirmation have made Medieval European history and its modern historical scholarship a part of Eurocentric historiography.
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Fatih Durgun
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