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Géographie et culture. La représentation de l'espace du VIe au XIIe siècle

Géographie et culture. La représentation de l'espace du VIe au XIIe siècle

Hardcover

Series: Variorum Collected Studies, Book 592

General World History

ISBN10: 0860786552
ISBN13: 9780860786559
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 15 1997
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
These studies aim to portray the geography and cartography of the early Middle Ages (with some reference forward to the 13th-14th centuries) from the viewpoint of cultural history; the medieval compilations are seen as witnesses to the reception of late antique learning. The author would single out two phases in this history. First, starting with the 8th century, there was a scholarly effort to codify and to rework the image of the world to suit new political contexts. The mappae mundi then popular served also for contemplation in monastic settings. Next, with the 12th century, the geography of the orbis terrarum was elaborated, on the one hand with the development of the map as a vehicle for information, on the other by the incorporation of new - and exotic - content.

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