Geography religious knowledge medieval (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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. …

Zustand: New. Die Reihe Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediaevistischer Forschung. Beihefte bietet ein interdisziplinaeres Forum fuer hochwertige, thematisch fokussierte Sammel- und Konferenzbaende und mediaevistische Monographien. Sie ergaenzt die Zeitschrift Das Mittelalte.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World | Christoph Mauntel | Buch | VI | Englisch | 2021 | De Gruyter | EAN 9783110685954 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, productsafety[at]degruyterbrill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …