Openness in Medieval Europe

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Openness in Medieval Europe is written by Manuele Gragnolati and published by ICI Berlin Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3965580310 (ISBN 10) and 9783965580312 (ISBN 13).

This volume challenges the persistent association of the Middle Ages with closure and fixity. Bringing together a range of disciplines and perspectives, it identifies and uncovers forms of openness which are often obscured by modern assumptions, and demonstrates how they coexist with, or even depend upon, enclosure and containment in paradoxical and unexpected ways. Explored through notions such as porosity, vulnerability, exposure, unfinishedness, and inclusivity, openness turns out to permeate medieval culture, unsettling boundaries, binaries, and clear-cut distinctions.