Open AccessFrom Medieval Remedy to Memorial or Why I Study the Middle Ages
Author(s) -
Gina Heinbockel-Bolik
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
florilegium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2369-7180
pISSN - 0709-5201
DOI - 10.3138/flor.20.009
Subject(s) - middle ages , german , heading (navigation) , history , period (music) , bridge (graph theory) , medieval history , classics , ancient history , art , aesthetics , archaeology , geography , medicine , geodesy
When I first read about the call for submissions, particularly the one under the heading “Why the Middle Ages?” I thought I knew for sure what was the true source of my love for this period; it was a remedy for homesickness. To read and to write about certain aspects of medieval, particularly urban, history was the mental bridge that linked me with my northern German home regardless of where I lived.
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