Geography and religious knowledge in the medieval world
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…
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :Geography and religious knowledge in the medieval world / edited by Christoph Mauntel.
Summary
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.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2021
- Edition:1. Auflage
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):De Gruyter
- Place of Publication:Berlin
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2021
The Physical Object
- Description:VI, 312 Seiten : 26 Illustrationen : 24 cm x 17 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9783110685954, 3110685957
- oclc:on1255176410
- Dewey Decimal:940
Subjects
Writers
More from this Series
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Related Works
more →
Die Religionspolitik des Kaisers Claudius und die paulinische Mission
Álvarez Cineira, David
The birth of Christianity: discovering what happened in the years …
Crossan, John Dominic
The birth of Christianity: discovering what happened in the years …
Crossan, John Dominic
The birth of Christianity: discovering what happened in the years …
Crossan, John Dominic
The birth of Christianity: discovering what happened in the years …
Crossan, John Dominic
Biblical origins of modern secular culture: an essay in the interpretation of Weste…
Glover, Willis B.
The Jewish roots of Christian liturgy
Files & Downloads
-
Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval…
PDF · 9.7 MB · updated -
Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval…
EPUB · 16.9 MB · updated -
Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval…
PDF · 9.8 MB · updated
Rate & Review