List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Author's Note
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Constructing Continuity: Four Nations Imagine Their Beginnings
PART I THE POLITICS OF AUTOCHTHONY
2 For Freedom Alone: The Scottish Independence Referendum
3 2016 and All That: Brexit
4 Freiheit statt Vögte: The Swiss National-Conservatives
PART II THE OTHERS OF NATIONAL MEDIEVALISM
5 Masculine Middle Ages: Gender
6 In Strange Lands: Race, Ethnicity, Immigration
Conclusion: The Demands of the Past
Afterword: National Medievalism in the Age of COVID-19
Bibliography
Index

Matthias D. Berger holds a PhD in English from the University of Bern and is currently training to be a teacher.