Since the turn of the century, national exceptionalism narratives underpinned by medieval history have staged a comeback in numerous European countries. Such discursive use of the Middle Ages – so-called ‘medievalism’ – often operates at the interface of politics and culture. In Britain, Eurosceptics increasingly make the Middle Ages speak to present-day concerns of national identity. National medievalism thus played a notable role in preparing the ground for the 2016 Brexit vote. The vote itself and the subsequent Brexit process have been accompanied by medievalist imagery in political propaganda, newspaper coverage, op-eds, online fora and social media, with Leavers in particular insisting on the obligating nature of constitutional ‘prece...
In June 2016, the United Kingdom’s electorate voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. Thi...
he decision in 2016 by the UK to leave the EU sent shockwaves throughout Europe, raising questions a...
The article gives an overview of the key cultural and structural factors behind nationalist populis...
In a number of European countries, the national exceptionalism narrative underpinned by medieval his...
Almost twenty years ago, in The Myth of Nations, Patrick Geary wrote of a crisis of European identit...
The Middle Ages have something of a history – of instrumentalisation by nationalisms. Nineteenth-cen...
This paper aims to ascertain the direct role of historical British exceptionalism in enabling and ga...
The idea of “Britain and Europe” that David Cameron emphasised in his speech on 23 January 2013 is a...
This article assesses the role of the pre-modern past in the construction of political identities re...
The post-war years were a period of introspection for British society as the nation endeavoured to ...
The 2016 EU referendum has already left a lasting imprint on the English language. Building on previ...
This article picks up on a tendency of recent criticism to look to Shakespeare for insights into con...
Claims about Britain’s past are made regularly in the referedum debate. But claims about Britain’s h...
While extant work on British Euroscepticism has highlighted vestiges of historical empire imaginarie...
2016 marks the 800th anniversary of the death of King John and the 400th anniversary of the death of...
In June 2016, the United Kingdom’s electorate voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. Thi...
he decision in 2016 by the UK to leave the EU sent shockwaves throughout Europe, raising questions a...
The article gives an overview of the key cultural and structural factors behind nationalist populis...
In a number of European countries, the national exceptionalism narrative underpinned by medieval his...
Almost twenty years ago, in The Myth of Nations, Patrick Geary wrote of a crisis of European identit...
The Middle Ages have something of a history – of instrumentalisation by nationalisms. Nineteenth-cen...
This paper aims to ascertain the direct role of historical British exceptionalism in enabling and ga...
The idea of “Britain and Europe” that David Cameron emphasised in his speech on 23 January 2013 is a...
This article assesses the role of the pre-modern past in the construction of political identities re...
The post-war years were a period of introspection for British society as the nation endeavoured to ...
The 2016 EU referendum has already left a lasting imprint on the English language. Building on previ...
This article picks up on a tendency of recent criticism to look to Shakespeare for insights into con...
Claims about Britain’s past are made regularly in the referedum debate. But claims about Britain’s h...
While extant work on British Euroscepticism has highlighted vestiges of historical empire imaginarie...
2016 marks the 800th anniversary of the death of King John and the 400th anniversary of the death of...
In June 2016, the United Kingdom’s electorate voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. Thi...
he decision in 2016 by the UK to leave the EU sent shockwaves throughout Europe, raising questions a...
The article gives an overview of the key cultural and structural factors behind nationalist populis...