Medieval echoes. Reflection on political theories and cultural trends from European Middle Ages during American Wars of Independence and Between the States

This article examines the influence of formulations and lines of European medieval thought and culture during the two main processes of American political history: the American Wars of Independence and Between the States. In these moments of enormous significance, we can perceive a series of formula...

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Main Author:	Xosé M. Sánchez Sánchez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2021-04-01
Series:	Culture & History Digital Journal
Subjects:	european medieval history contemporary american politics medieval political history medieval cultural history comparative history diachronic cultural studies
Online Access:	http://cultureandhistory.revistas.csic.es/index.php/cultureandhistory/article/view/209

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title	Medieval echoes. Reflection on political theories and cultural trends from European Middle Ages during American Wars of Independence and Between the States
title_short	Medieval echoes. Reflection on political theories and cultural trends from European Middle Ages during American Wars of Independence and Between the States
title_full	Medieval echoes. Reflection on political theories and cultural trends from European Middle Ages during American Wars of Independence and Between the States
title_fullStr	Medieval echoes. Reflection on political theories and cultural trends from European Middle Ages during American Wars of Independence and Between the States
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series	Culture & History Digital Journal
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description	This article examines the influence of formulations and lines of European medieval thought and culture during the two main processes of American political history: the American Wars of Independence and Between the States. In these moments of enormous significance, we can perceive a series of formulations alive since Middle Age centuries; principles with a no evident but relevant influence in mentality and perception during the conflicts. These are: federalism, constitutionalism, canon law, the concept of war, the reception of the work of Dante Alighieri and his ‘Divina Commedia’ and the reception of chivalric medieval culture and the Arthurian tradition.
topic	european medieval history contemporary american politics medieval political history medieval cultural history comparative history diachronic cultural studies
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Medieval echoes. Reflection on political theories and cultural trends from European Middle Ages during American Wars of Independence and Between the States

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