1.0Historikertag 2023https://www.historikertag.de/Leipzig2023/en/Charlotte Hoffhttps://www.historikertag.de/Leipzig2023/en/author/charlotte-hoff/The (Ab)use of the Medieval Past: Nationalist and Far-Right Uses of the Middle Ages – Historikertag 2023rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wOH5U1Rx2q"><a href="https://www.historikertag.de/Leipzig2023/en/programm/sektionen/the-abuse-of-the-medieval-past-nationalist-and-far-right-uses-of-the-middle-ages/">The (Ab)use of the Medieval Past: Nationalist and Far-Right Uses of the Middle Ages</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.historikertag.de/Leipzig2023/en/programm/sektionen/the-abuse-of-the-medieval-past-nationalist-and-far-right-uses-of-the-middle-ages/embed/#?secret=wOH5U1Rx2q" width="600" height="338" title="“The (Ab)use of the Medieval Past: Nationalist and Far-Right Uses of the Middle Ages” — Historikertag 2023" data-secret="wOH5U1Rx2q" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Without caring about scientific findings, nationalist and extreme right-wing actors repeatedly use problematic medieval narratives in order to ascribe historical depth to their political goals. Medieval studies are helpless in the face of such attempts unless it is able disseminate its research findings beyond the confines of internal scholarly debates. At the same time, there […]https://www.historikertag.de/Leipzig2023/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/og-image.jpg1200630