• Transforming Europe in the Images of the World, 1110-1500
Transforming Europe in the Images of the World, 1110-1500
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Transforming Europe in the Images of the World, 1110-1500

Fuzzy Geographies

Petrovskaia, Natalia I.

Editorial: Amsterdam University Press

Colección: Knowledge Communities

Número de páginas: 208 págs.  23.4 x 15.6 cm  

Fecha de edición: 27-01-2025

EAN: 9789048563166

ISBN: 978-90-485-6316-6

Precio (sin IVA): 146,49 €

Precio (IVA incluído): 152,35 €

This is the first book to examine 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. The Imago mundi was translated into most European vernaculars and extracts from it were adapted into vernacular works ranging from encyclopedias to literary fiction, verse and prose. This is the first study to examine this tradition as a unified whole. It focuses in particular on the permutations undergone by the depiction of the region designated as ‘Europe’ in the original text and its later adaptations. The book demonstrates the incredible flexibility of the original text and how this enabled the transformation of this spatial description to suit the linguistic, political and cultural needs of vernacular adaptations.

 

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Idioma:
Inglés
País de edición:
Países Bajos
Encuadernación:
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