Inventing Medieval Czechoslovakia 1918-1968

Between Slavs, Germans, and Totalitarian Regimes

by Ivan Foletti, Jan Galeta, Ondrej Jakubec, Jan Klipa, Adrien Palladino and Sabina Rosenbergova and edited by Ivan Foletti and Adrien Palladino

Book cover: Inventing Medieval Czechoslovakia 1918-1968

Extent: 200 pages

Publisher: Viella – libreria editrice

Subjects: Art & Art History, Slavic Studies

Series: Convivia

Series volume number: 3

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2019)

ISBN: 9788833133102

Price: $30.00

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Is it possible to “invent” the past? Through a series of studies, this volume explores the history of how this process occurred in Czechoslovakia within the period from about the end of the First World War until the 1960s. It focuses specifically on the re-invention of the “national” Middle Ages at the background of the meeting of different linguistic and ethnic groups – Czechs, Slovaks, Germans, and Russians – where one group would often negate, reshape, and ignore the point of view of the other, within an increasingly fractured political geography of the country. The presented case studies show how research on medieval artworks and objects could become a fertile ground for the creation of ideological tools and narratives. In this way, understanding the historiography of art history also contributes to redefining Central Europe as a place of transcultural encounters and dialogues, beyond historical ruptures.

  • By (author) Ivan Foletti
  • By (author) Jan Galeta
  • By (author) Ondrej Jakubec
  • By (author) Jan Klipa
  • By (author) Adrien Palladino
  • By (author) Sabina Rosenbergova
  • Edited by Ivan Foletti
  • Edited by Adrien Palladino