Hans Hummer

Hans Hummer

Wayne State University

Social History of Medieval Europe

hummer@ias.edu

Statement: My project examines genealogical thought in Roman late antiquity as an accessory to the reengineering of history by Christian chronographers, and the elaboration of genealogies during the middle ages as eschatological maps marking the unfolding of unifying divine plans and promises as Europe fragmented into a conglomerate of kingdoms.

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