Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World - Couverture rigide

 
9783110685954: Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3110685957 ISBN 13 : 9783110685954
Editeur : De Gruyter, 2021

Synopsis

In the medieval world, geographical knowledge was influenced by religious ideas and beliefs. Whereas this point is well analysed for the Latin-Christian world, the religious character of the Arabic-Islamic geographic tradition has not yet been scrutinised in detail.

This volume addresses this desideratum and combines case studies from both traditions of geographic thinking. The contributions comprise in-depth analyses of individual geographical works as for example those of al-Idrisi or Lambert of Saint-Omer, different forms of presenting geographical knowledge such as TO-diagrams or globes as well as performative aspects of studying and meditating geographical knowledge.

Focussing on texts as well as on maps, the contributions open up a comparative perspective on how religious knowledge influenced the way the world and its geography were perceived and described int the medieval world.

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À propos de l?auteur

Christoph Mauntel, University of Tübingen, Germany.

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Éditeur
De Gruyter
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3110685957
ISBN 13 
9783110685954
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
318
Éditeur
Mauntel Christoph
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