Text and territory
Subtitle: geographical imagination in the European Middle Ages
By: edited by Sylvia Tomasch and Sealy Gilles.
Contributors: Tomasch, Sylvia.; Gilles, Sealy.
Series: The Middle Ages series
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press; University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Geography, Medieval
Description: "Exploring medieval texts as diverse as Icelandic sagas, Ptolemy's Geography, and Mandeville's Travels, the contributors illustrate the intimate connection between geographical conceptions and the mastery of land, the assertion of doctrine, and the performance of sexuality."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-320) and index.