| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (146 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
CEU medievalia ; 14
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CEU medievalia ; 14.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Paradise Islands in the East and West -Tradition and Meaning in Some Cartographical Places on the Medieval Rim of the World -- The Powers and Purposes of an Insular Setting -on Some Motifs in Old-Norse Literature -- Monastic "Islands" in Medieval Denmark: Insular Isolation in Ideal and Practice -- Religious Athletes -- on the Perception of the Body in Medieval Asceticism -- Holy Islands and the Otherworld: Places beyond Water -- Hvítramannaland and Other Fictional Islands in the Sea |
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The Unknown Island -- Will the Son of Nine Sisters Rule the Sea-Kidney? -- The Quality of Islands in Middle High German Literature -- Seasonal Isolation in the Communication in Livonia -- Utstein Monastery: An Island on an Island -- or not? -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Back cover |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Islands -- History.
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Islands. |
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History. |
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Islands -- Social aspects.
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Civilization, Medieval.
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Islands -- Social aspects. |
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Civilization, Medieval. |
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HISTORY -- Medieval. |
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Öar -- historia. |
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Öar -- sociala aspekter. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Jørgensen, Torstein, 1951-
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Jaritz, Gerhard, 1949-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Isolated islands in medieval nature, culture and mind. First edition 9786155053245 (DLC) 2010052374 (OCoLC)692291055 |
| ISBN |
9786155053252 (electronic book) |
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6155053251 (electronic book) |
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9786155053245 |
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6155053243 |
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