ABSTRACT
In 1914, Charles Morice assessed French attitudes toward the Middle Ages, noting the important shift that had taken place in the last three quarters of the nineteenth century as scholars and archeologists began to share their knowledge of the period with the wider public: with artists, scientists, students, the cultural elite and even the working classes. Indeed, at this time everything associated with the medieval world - from works of art to religious belief - caught the attention of both the intelligentsia and society at large. At the end of the nineteenth century, people from all over the political and social spectrum praised the Middle Ages and avidly consumed 'medieval' products.
