Geography and religious knowledge in the medieval world. / edited by Christoph Mauntel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mauntel, Christoph, 1983- editor.

Series:

Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven Mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte

Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography.

Religion and geography.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VI, 312 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Geography and Religious Knowledge

Part I: Representing the World in Arab-Islamic and Latin- Christian Geography

It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. No, it’s the World!

The T-O Diagram and its Religious Connotations

Part II: Compiling Geographical Knowledge According to Religious Ideas

Ordering and Reading the World

The Divine in Yāqūt’s ‘Lexicon of Peopled Places’

Al-Idrīsī, la géographie et les religions

Part III: Presenting Religious Knowledge in New Forms

The Globe as Mappa Mundi? Reflections on Terrestrial Globes from around 1500

The Culmination of Islamic Sacred Geography

Religious Knowledge within Changing Cartographical Worldviews

Part IV: Depicting, Transforming and Experiencing the Holy Land in Maps

When Religious Geography meets the Geography of Humanists

The Holy Land Geography as Emotional Experience

Getting There by Manipulating the Medium

Note on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-11-068615-5

OCLC:

1252425907