![]() ![]() But what does that mean as an answer? One elaboration might be: I am the author of a set of books on the European Middle Ages. It matters, then, that my own answer to this question-and not only for the purposes at hand-can be: I am a historian of the religion and culture of Western Europe in the period between the principate of Augustus and the Council of Trent. We might, I have often thought, gauge cultural change best simply by asking how people at various points in the past would have answered the question, "Who are you?" For the answer-the wife of Livius, the man of Guillaume, a servant of God, an Englishman, a butcher, a sinner, an employee of General Motors, a woman-takes us deep into social structure, values, and culture. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: ![]()
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