Chapter 2
Historical perspectives and international comparisons
Why the history matters
In our exciting forward-looking world, history can sometimes be seen as boring or even irrelevant!
That is why one of the co-authors, Charles, ventures into this discussion with some trepidation. In 2003, he gave a lecture at Worcester University, trying to address some of the themes of this book. The lecture was badly misrepresented as his attacking the value of studying medieval history (which he didn’t do, or imply). This gave rise to a lot of ignorant vituperation from some medieval historians. But when one complained about the reported remarks to their Vice-Chancellor (VC), a historian himself, the VC rightly responded that he thought the first ...
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