The Subject Medieval/Modern: Text and Governance in the Middle Ages

Peter Haidu

The Subject Medieval/Modern: Text and Governance in the Middle Ages
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Country
United States
Published
12 December 2003
Pages
464
ISBN
9780804747448

The Subject Medieval/Modern: Text and Governance in the Middle Ages

Peter Haidu

This work presents a thorough historicist account of the development of subjectivity in the medieval period, as traced in medieval literature and historical documentation. Presenting the essence of the modern subject as resting in its subjection to specific historical forms of state power, the author examines literary texts from the Middle Ages that participate in the cultural invention of the subject. Overall, The Subject Medieval/Modern makes a case for the relevance of studying the Middle Ages to today’s world. The book examines the constitution of subjects in literary texts as the result of the interplay of violence, ideology, and political structures as an integral part of the process of state-formation between the 9th and the 15th centuries. Each text is considered a singular event, a unique, self-reflexive structure modifying conventions in ideological exploration to offer performative models of subjectivity. Some texts line up with political evolution, others take a critical distance.

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