medievalist


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me·di·e·val·ist

 (mē′dē-ē′və-lĭst, mĕd′ē-)
n.
1. A specialist in the study of the Middle Ages.
2. A connoisseur of medieval culture.
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medievalist

(ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəlɪst) or

mediaevalist

n
(Education) a student or devotee of the Middle Ages
ˌmediˌevalˈistic, ˌmediˌaevalˈistic adj
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me•di•e•val•ist

or me•di•ae•val•ist

(ˌmi diˈi və lɪst, ˌmɛd i-, ˌmɪd i-, mɪdˈi və-)

n.
1. an expert in medieval history, art, and culture.
2. a person who esteems medieval art and culture.
[1850–55]
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medievalist

1. an expert in medieval history, literature, art, architecture, etc.
2. a person devoted to the art, culture, or spirit of the Middle Ages.
See also: History
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medievalist

[ˌmedɪˈiːvəlɪst] Nmedievalista mf
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medievalist

nMediävist(in) m(f)
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12-25) by recalling that she was a respected medievalist, especially well-known for her favorable view of Geoffery Chaucer's prioress, Madame Eglantine.
This perceived difference between the two periods is the most interesting theoretical aspect of Bredehoff's book for the medievalist, particularly the early medievalist.
As a medievalist, Tolkien knew about manuscript transmission and textual criticism; more specifically, in the 1930s, the Winchester Manuscript of Thomas Malory's Arthurian Morte D'Arthur was discovered.
Her central arguments, which will not seem odd to any medievalist, are that around the year 1000, unlike now, science and religion were not seen as antitheses and that, in spite of religious differences, Christian scholars were happy to learn from the Muslims.
Lewis, was a British novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic and essayist.
Such a view might also provoke us to ask about the New Middle Ages these medievalist scholars usher in: a philosophically grounded, theoretical meditation on history and modernity in which German is the lingua franca of serious intellectual labor and the implicit currency in which academic prestige trades.
Something similar seems to have happened to the distinguished French medievalist, Robert Fossier.
This lecture of hers is the twenty-eighth of series of lectures named for Charles Homer Haskins, first chairman of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and himself a famed medievalist who brought attention to the work of the medieval university and the liberal arts.
Medievalist Dr Mark Redknap, from the National Museum of Wales, said: "Walls were both displays of strength and prosperity and helped to broadcast economic status.