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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/white_mintgay on 2023-08-18 09:40:33+00:00.

Dear Historians,

For a while now I have been trying to understand more about how history is taught, researched and produced, tasks which are of the utmost importance to the study of history. Whilst I am aware that this is not an ‘historical question’ this is a question about historiography, which is an equally important part of the study of History. So I’ve come to reddit for some peer advice/consultation/discussion. I have felt a certain shift on the study of history which, at least in the West, reflects a social shift in favour of history’s marginalised voices: women, slaves, workers, peasants, POC, gender based and LGBTQ+ studies, etc. It seems to me that this is fashionable to study and write on. I have found pretty new works of this sort across the different time periods and geographic locations.

However, is that actually the case? What are the current trends in medieval History? Are the old fields of constitutional, military, economic and political studies of history obscure? Is that the case in you field?