Constructing the Middle Ages

List of Illustrations and Tables
Acknowledgements

Introduction
1. Historiography
2. Collective Memory and Lieux de Mémoire
3. The Structure of this Book

Chapter One. Sigefroid: The Founding Father
1. The First Count of Luxembourg
2. The Forgotten: Conrad I
3. Sigefroid the Builder of the Castle
4. Sigefroid the Builder of the City
5. Sigefroid as a Legendary Figure
6. The Origin of the Nation
7. The Millennium of Luxembourg in 1963
8. Losing Importance
9. Conclusion

Chapter Two. Melusine: The Mythological Origins
1. A Medieval Myth and its Purpose
2. The Emergence of the Legend in the Local Context
3. Facets of a National Myth.
4. Conclusion

Chapter Three. Ermesinde: The Connecting Link
1. The Liberal Leader
2. The Pious Princess
3. Towards a National Trinity
4. A Shared Memory
5. The Forgotten: Limburg
6. Conclusion

Chapter Four. John of Bohemia: Constructing a National Hero
1. The Birth of the Hero
2. The Rise of a Local Hero
3. The Creation of a National Hero
4. The three-fold basis of the national myth.

Chapter Five. John of Bohemia: The Vicissitudes of a National Hero
1. Mort pour la France
2. The Dynasty’s Favourite
3. The Last Days of the Nationalist Icon?
4. Alternative Memories
5. The European champion
6. The Forgotten: Sigismund
7. Conclusions

Conclusions

Appendix
Bibliography
Index