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The king's two maps : cartography and culture in thirteenth-century England /

This book chronicles the specific technologies, material and epistemological, by which the map - a peculiar artefact, part image and part treatise - shows itself capable of accessing, organizing and reorienting a tremendous range of information.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Birkholz, Daniel, 1967-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Collection:Studies in medieval history and culture ; v. 22.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Ch. 1. Painted chamber Compilatio : Henry III and the cartography of kingship
  • ch. 2. Figuring Britain : regnal maps and Matthew Paris
  • ch. 3. Of sea monsters, salt, and sovereignty : Edward I and the Gough Map of Britain.