Sacred Words and Worlds: Geography, Religion, and Scholarship, 1550-1700
- ISBN-10
- 9004209387
- ISBN-13
- 9789004209381
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 344
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-10-14
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Zur Shalev
Description
This book examines the scholarly genre of 'geographia sacra' in early modern Europe, tracing its contours, the outlooks and concerns of its practitioners, as well as the intersections of religion and geography in an age that saw dramatic revolutions in both fields.
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