Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-11-068595-4
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Französisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 690 g

Reihe: Das Mittelalter : [...], Beihefte

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.

Zielgruppe

Medievalists, Historians, Scholars of Islamic Studies, historical

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mauntel, Christoph

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Christoph Mauntel, Eberhard Karls Universität,Tübingen.

Christoph Mauntel, University of Tübingen, Germany.