Dislocations - Alfred Hiatt
maps, classical tradition, and spatial play in the European Middle Ages
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2020Uitgever: Brepols PublishersReeks: Pontifical institute of mediaeval studies Studies and texts347 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0888442181ISBN-13: 9780888442185Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary In Europe, during the Middle Ages, classical Greek and Roman geography continued to provide the fundamental structure for knowing the world's places and peoples. From encyclopedic compendia such as the Natural History of Pliny the Elder and its redaction in Julius Solinus's Polyhistor to the works of canonical Roman poets such as Virgil, Ovid, and Lucan, the geographical content of antique texts invited study and explication. Yet medieval authors well knew that classical spatial order, itself full...
