How ideas and ideals of an imagined, protean, national Middle Ages have once again become a convergence point for anxieties about politics, history and cultural identity in our time - and why.

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