Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations viii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. Abbreviations xv
7. Introduction 1
8. I Taxonomies
9. 1 How Many Middle Ages? 13
10. II Time, Space, Self, Society
11. 2 “Welcome to the Current Middle Ages”: Asynchronous Medievalism 45
12. 3 This Way to the Middle Ages: The Spaces of Medievalism 65
13. 4 On Being Medieval: Medievalist Selves and Societies 92
14. III History and Discipline
15. 5 Wemmick’s Castle: The Limits of Medievalism 117
16. 6 Realism in the Crypt: The Reach of Medievalism 140
17. Conclusion: Against a Synthesis: Medievalism, Cultural Studies, and Antidisciplinarity 165
18. Afterword 183
19. Appendix I The Survey of Reenactors 185
20. Appendix II Key Moments in Medievalism 188
21. Bibliography 193
22. Index 207