Place and space in the medieval world

by Boulton, Meg Hawkes, Jane, (Medievalist) Stoner, Heidi

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This book addresses the critical terminologies of place and space (and their role within medieval studies) in a considered and critical manner, presenting a scholarly introduction written by the editors alongside thematic case-studies that address a wide range of visual and textual material. The essays consider the extant visual and textual sources from the medieval period alongside contemporary scholarly discussions to examine place and space in their wider critical context, and are written by…

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Full title :Place and space in the medieval world / edited by Meg Boulton, Jane Hawkes, and Heidi Stoner.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routlege, Taylor & Francis Group Ltd
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

The Physical Object

Description:xxv, 265 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, maps ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781138220201, 1138220205
oclc:on1010620229
LC Classification:N5975
Dewey Decimal:709.02

The secret language of movement : interior encounters with space and transition during medieval pilgrimage / Martin Locker -- Distance and embrace : spatial conditions of access to the Volto Santo of Lucca / Ika Matyjaszkiewicz -- Cave of hermits, cave of cult : saints Andrew-Zoerard and Benedict and the sacralization of the medieval Hungarian landscape / Karen Stark -- Processes of religious change in late Iron Age Gotland : rereading, spatialization and enculturation / Luke John Murphy -- Planting the cross in Anglo-Saxon England / Jane Hawkes -- "How deserted lies the city, once so full of people" : the reclamation of intramural space in Anglo-Saxon literature / Michael D. J. Bintley -- From the space of the world to the space of the local : the two maps of Thomas Elmham / Beth Kaneko -- The Broighter Hoard : mythology, misrepresentation and mystery / Aideen M. Ireland -- The ambiguity in medieval depictions of Abraham's Bosom in the areas and spaces of the Christian afterlife / Maria R. Grasso -- Common space or cleft places? : the example of Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, an architectural and figured space / Élise Haddad -- "And on the woghe wrytyn this was" : locating three dead kin…

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Architektur Art médiéval -- Thèmes, motifs Art, Medieval -- Themes, motives Civilisation médiévale Civilisation médiévale dans la littérat… Civilization, Medieval Civilization, Medieval, in literature Geografischer Raum Kartografie Kultur Kunst Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature Middle Ages Moyen Âge Place (Philosophy) in literature Raumwahrnehmung Sozialraum Space (Art)