Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World

Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World
ISBN-10
3110686155
ISBN-13
9783110686159
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
318
Language
English
Published
2021-06-08
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Author
Christoph Mauntel

Description

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.

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