The idea of public history is considered to be a modern one, but discoveries showed that a form of it was practised during the Middle Ages.
Elites and modern
historians often ask, Did public history exist in the Middle Ages? Since the
term itself is relatively modern, the immediate answer to this question would
seem to be no. Nonetheless, there were many diverse forms in which medieval
audiences could encounter stories about history and we might discover some
parallels in the various ways educated historians communicated information
about the past.
