This book examines 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.
This book examines 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.
Natalia I. Petrovskaia holds MA, MPhil and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge. She is currently Assistant Professor in Celtic at Utrecht University. This book is the result of her recent NWO Veni Project, 'Defining Europe in Medieval European Geographical Discourse'.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Starting Out. 'Europes' Hippogriffs and Mathematics Part I: An Introduction to the Imago Mundi tradition Chapter 1. Understanding the World. An Overview of the Imago mundi Chapter 2. Translating Knowledge. An Introduction to the Imago Mundi Family Part II. Modes of Reading Geography Chapter 3. Time. Authority and Archaism Chapter 4. Space. Geographical Regions as Fuzzy Sets Chapter 5. Movement. The Hodoeporical Descriptive Technique Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead Appendices Bibliography Manuscripts Primary Sources Secondary Sources Electronic Resources.
List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Starting Out. 'Europes' Hippogriffs and Mathematics Part I: An Introduction to the Imago Mundi tradition Chapter 1. Understanding the World. An Overview of the Imago mundi Chapter 2. Translating Knowledge. An Introduction to the Imago Mundi Family Part II. Modes of Reading Geography Chapter 3. Time. Authority and Archaism Chapter 4. Space. Geographical Regions as Fuzzy Sets Chapter 5. Movement. The Hodoeporical Descriptive Technique Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead Appendices Bibliography Manuscripts Primary Sources Secondary Sources Electronic Resources.
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