How Long to Read Ethnicity in Medieval Europe, 950-1250

How Long Does it Take to Read Ethnicity in Medieval Europe, 950-1250?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 6 minutes to read Ethnicity in Medieval Europe, 950-1250 by Claire Weeda

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Description

An investigation into how racial stereotypes were created and used in the European Middle Ages. Students in twelfth-century Paris held slanging matches, branding the English drunkards, the Germans madmen and the French as arrogant. On crusade, army recruits from different ethnic backgrounds taunted each other's military skills. Men producing ethnography in monasteries and at court drafted derogatory descriptions of peoples dwelling in territories under colonisation, questioning their work ethic, social organisation, religious devotion and humanness. Monks listed and ruminated on the alleged traits of Jews, Saracens, Greeks, Saxons and Britons and their acceptance or rejection of Christianity. In this radical new approach to representations of nationhood in medieval western Europe, the author argues that ethnic stereotypes were constructed and wielded rhetorically to justify property claims, flaunt military strength and assert moral and cultural ascendance over others. The gendered images of ethnicity in circulation reflect a negotiation over self-representations of discipline, rationality and strength, juxtaposed with the alleged chaos and weakness of racialised others. Interpreting nationhood through a religious lens, monks and schoolmen explained it as scientifically informed by environmental medicine, an ancient theory that held that location and climate influenced the physical and mental traits of peoples. Drawing on lists of ethnic character traits, school textbooks, medical treatises, proverbs, poetry and chronicles, this book shows that ethnic stereotypes served as rhetorical tools of power, crafting relationships within communities and towards others.

How long is Ethnicity in Medieval Europe, 950-1250?

Ethnicity in Medieval Europe, 950-1250 by Claire Weeda is 357 pages long, and a total of 91,749 words.

This makes it 120% the length of the average book. It also has 112% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ethnicity in Medieval Europe, 950-1250 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 21 minutes to read Ethnicity in Medieval Europe, 950-1250 aloud.

What Reading Level is Ethnicity in Medieval Europe, 950-1250?

Ethnicity in Medieval Europe, 950-1250 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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