Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World
In the premodern world, geographical knowledge was influenced by religious ideas and beliefs. This volume brings together case studies from the Latin-Christian as well as the Arabic-Islamic geographic tradition. In a comparative perspective the contributions ask, how religious knowledge influenced t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2021
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| Series: | Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In the premodern world, geographical knowledge was influenced by religious ideas and beliefs. This volume brings together case studies from the Latin-Christian as well as the Arabic-Islamic geographic tradition. In a comparative perspective the contributions ask, how religious knowledge influenced the way the world and its geography were perceived and described. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (318 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783110686272 9783110686159 9783110685954 |