In this episode, I’m joined by Longguo Li (Associate Professor at Peking University) and Yin Liu (Assistant Professor at Zhejiang University) to talk about how early medieval European history is studied in China today. We discuss Longguo’s recent article on medieval historiography, why historians in China are so interested in the Carolingian Empire, the translation of the Venerable Bede into Chinese, and the ‘Latin Revolution’ that’s taken place in China in recent years.
Works mentioned in the podcast:
Longguo Li, ‘“From “walking” to “sitting”: Changes in the practices of European historiography from ancient to medieval times’, Chinese Studies in History 53:2 (2020), 93-106
Yin Liu, ‘Baptismal renunciation and the moral reform of Charlemagne's Christian empire’, Traditio vol. 76 (2021) p. 117-155
Ernst Kantorowicz, The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology (1957)
Music: Karen Gomyo (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Image: the Venerable Bede at work https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/de/bke/0047/1v
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