Transforming Europe in the Images of the World, 1110-1500 : fuzzy geographies
This is the first book to examine the wide and important geographical tradition that arose from the description of the world in the Imago mundi – a medieval encyclopedic bestseller, almost unrivalled in popularity from its composition in the 1110s well into the age of print. The Imago mundi was tran...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,
2025
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Knowledge communities
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Knowledge communities |
| Schlagworte: | Geography, Medieval HISTORY / Medieval Peter Europabild |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (208 Seiten) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Starting Out. ‘Europes’, Hippogriffs, and Mathematics
- Part I An Introduction to the Imago Mundi tradition
- Part II Modes of Reading Geography
- Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index