Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World

• Other Authors: Mauntel, Christoph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2021
• Series: Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte 14
• Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; British & Irish history; Religion & beliefs; Geography; religion; cartography
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the premodern world, geographical knowledge was influenced by religious ideas and beliefs. This volume brings together case studies from the Latin-Christian as well as the Arabic-Islamic geographic tradition. In a comparative perspective the contributions ask, how religious knowledge influenced t...