{"id":29,"date":"2016-07-20T15:41:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T22:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mdvl301\/?p=29"},"modified":"2016-07-20T15:41:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T22:41:54","slug":"some-introductory-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mdvl301a\/2016\/07\/20\/some-introductory-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Some introductory pre-reading…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is some medievalism in the recent news—including some controversy—to whet the appetite.\u00a0<\/p>\n

2016-07-20<\/p>\n

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Some context: an earlier version<\/a> first appeared at In The Middle<\/a>, a medieval studies group blog:<\/p>\n

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An excerpt that is of particular relevance to our course, and to the relevance of Medieval Studies and Medievalism:
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“Relevance” < from Lat.\u00a0re- + levare<\/em>, to lift up again; broader over-arching questions in this course will include the serious consideration of this cardinal word. Old & Middle French (one of the routes of this word into English): relever. <\/i>Related: lever<\/i>, to lift; soulever<\/i>, to lift up; \u00e9lever<\/i>, to lift up and out of, elevate. This course aims to bring make “relevance” uplifting again. Yes, that re- <\/i>prefix still means falling down before getting up again: that’s a crucial part of learning, and was indeed in the Medieval period too; but remember, relever<\/i> is transitive: it\u2019s about getting yourself back up, helping someone else up, a reciprocal action, or any combination of all three. It\u2019s a word that extends a hand in kind friendship and grasps another hand in mutual trust. So: an unofficial informal prerequisite for the course, presumed of all participants, will be: we will all be relevant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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