The King's Two Maps

Cartography & Culture in Thirteenth-Century England
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-96791-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 577 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

While a culture may have a dominant way of "mapping," its geography is always plural, and there is always competition among conceptions of space. Beginning with this understanding, this book traces the map's early development into an emblem of the state, and charts the social and cultural implications of this phenomenon. This book chronicles the specific technologies, both material and epistemological, by which the map shows itself capable of accessing, organizing, and reorienting a tremendous range of information.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Birkholz, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geodäsie, Kartographie, GIS, Fernerkundung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geodäsie, Kartographie, Fernerkundung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Chapter One Painted Chamber Compilatio Henry III and the Cartography of Kingship; Chapter 2 Chapter Two Figuring Britain; Chapter 3 Chapter Three Of Sea Monsters, Salt, and Sovereignty; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index of Names, Places, and Subjects Mentioned in Text;

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Birkholtz is Assistant Professor at Pomona College. His areas of expertise include manuscript culture, Scandinavia and Viking Britain, medieval literature, and medieval London.