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Text and Territory : Geographical Imagination in the European Middle Ages /

Twelve literary scholars and historians investigate the ways in which space and place are politically, religiously, and culturally inflected. Exploring medieval texts as diverse as Icelandic sagas, Ptolemy's Geography, and Mandeville's Travels, the contributors illustrate the intimate conn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gilles, Sealy, Tomasch, Sylvia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Colección:The Middle Ages Series
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Twelve literary scholars and historians investigate the ways in which space and place are politically, religiously, and culturally inflected. Exploring medieval texts as diverse as Icelandic sagas, Ptolemy's Geography, and Mandeville's Travels, the contributors illustrate the intimate connection between geographical conceptions and the mastery of land, the assertion of doctrine, and the performance of sexuality.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : 14 illustrations
ISBN:9781512808018
1512808016