Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the middle ages, with a particular focus on its relationship with business and finance.Academia has never been immune to corporate culture, and despite the persistent association of medievalism with escapism, perhaps never has that been more obvious than at the present moment. The six essays that open the volume explore precisely how financial institutions have promoted, distorted, appropriated, resisted, and repudiated post-medieval interpretations of the middle ages. In the second part of the book, contributors explore medievalism in a variety of areas, juxtaposing specific case studies with broader investigations of the discipline's motives and methods; they include Charles Kingsley's racial Anglo-Saxonism, Jessie L. Weston's Sir Gawain and the treatment of womenin medievalist film. The book also includes a spirited response to previous Studies in Medievalism volumes on the topic neomedievalism. Contributors: Harry Brown, Henrik Aubert, Helen Brookman, Pamela Clements, KellyAnnFitzpatrick, Jil Hanifan, Michael R. Kightley, Felice Lifshitz, Lauren S. Mayer, Brent Moberley, Kevin Moberley, E. L. Risden, Carol L. Robinson, M. J. Toswell, J. Rubén Valdés Miyares

Editorial Note - Lives of Total Dedication? Medieval and Modern Corporate Identity - M J ToswellReincorporating the Medieval: Morality, Chivalry, and Honor in Post-Financial-Meltdown Corporate Revisionism - Brent MoberlyReincorporating the Medieval: Morality, Chivalry, and Honor in Post-Financial-Meltdown Corporate Revisionism - Kevin MoberlyMedievalism and Representations of Corporate Identity - Jil Hanifan and KellyAnn FitzpatrickKnights of the Ownership Society: Economic Inequality and Medievalist Film - Harry BrownA Corporate neo-Beowulf: Ready or Not, Here We Come - E L RisdenUnsettled Accounts: Corporate Culture and George R. R. Martin's Fetish Medievalism - Lauryn S. MayerHistoricizing Neumatic Notation: Medieval Neumes as Cultural Artifacts of Early Modern Times - Eduardo Henrik AubertHereward the Dane and the English, but Not the Saxon: Kingsley's Racial Anglo-Saxonism - Michael R. KightleyFrom Romance to Ritual: Jessie L. Weston's Gawain - Helen BrookmanThe Cinematic Sign of the Grail - J R Valdes MiyaresDestructive Dominae: Women and Vengeance in Medievalist Films - Felice LifshitzNeomedievalism Unplugged - Pamela Clements and Carol RobinsonNotes on Contributors