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1 online resource (xii, 261 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 23
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 23.
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| Summary |
"We tend to think of early medieval people as unsophisticated about geography because their understandings of space and place often differed from ours, yet theirs were no less complex. Anglo-Saxons conceived of themselves as living at the centre of a cosmos that combined order and plenitude, two principles in a constant state of tension. In Inhabited Spaces, Nicole Guenther Discenza examines a variety of Anglo-Latin and Old English texts to shed light on Anglo-Saxon understandings of space. Anglo-Saxon models of the universe featured a spherical earth at the centre of a spherical universe ordered by God. They sought to shape the universe into knowable places, from where the earth stood in the cosmos, to the kingdoms of different peoples, and to the intimacy of the hall. Discenza argues that Anglo-Saxon works both construct orderly place and illuminate the limits of human spatial control."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Earth's place in the cosmos -- England, the Mediterranean, and beyond -- Recentring : the north and England's place -- Fruitful wastes in Beowulf, Guthlac A, and Andreas -- Halls and cities as locuses of civilization and sin. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Geographical perception -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Geographical perception. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Sacred space -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Space perception -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Sacred space. |
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Space perception. |
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Human geography -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Human geography. |
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English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
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Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- England -- History and criticism.
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Latin literature, Medieval and modern. |
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Geographical perception in literature.
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Geographical perception in literature. |
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Geography in literature.
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Geography in literature. |
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Space perception in literature.
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Space perception in literature. |
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England -- Civilization -- To 1500.
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Civilization. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Discenza, Nicole Guenther, 1969- Inhabited spaces. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016 9781487500658 (OCoLC)950450711 |
| ISBN |
9781487511531 (electronic book) |
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1487511531 (electronic book) |
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9781487500658 (cloth) |
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1487500653 (cloth) |
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