Isolated Islands in Medieval Nature, Culture and Mind:

Focuses specifically on the concept and role of islands in the medieval world. The main characteristic of an island is, of course, that of being isolated from the rest of the world; in geography by waters, in more abstract and symbolic meanings by other kinds of separating borders. Islands were the...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Budapest ; New York Central European University Press [2022]
Series:CEU Medievalia
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Summary:Focuses specifically on the concept and role of islands in the medieval world. The main characteristic of an island is, of course, that of being isolated from the rest of the world; in geography by waters, in more abstract and symbolic meanings by other kinds of separating borders. Islands were the place 'on the other side', of difference, otherness and remoteness. As one of the articles in this volume puts it, islands are often depicted "as sites for extraordinary events and happenings"
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2022)
Physical Description:1 online resource (152 pages)
ISBN:9786155053252
DOI:10.1515/9786155053252

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