Maps and Monsters in Medieval EnglandTaylor & Francis, 2006 - 264 Seiten This study centers on issues of marginality and monstrosity in medieval England. In the middle ages, geography was viewed as divinely ordered, so Britain's location at the periphery of the inhabitable world caused anxiety among its inhabitants. Far from the world's holy center, the geographic margins were considered monstrous. Medieval geography, for centuries scorned as crude, is now the subject of several careful studies. Monsters have likewise been the subject of recent attention in the growing field of monster studies, though few works situate these creatures firmly in their specific historical contexts. This book sits at the crossroads of these two discourses (geography and monstrosity), treated separately in the established scholarship but inseparable in the minds of medieval authors and artists. |
Inhalt
Medieval English Manuscripts Maps and Monsters A Users Guide | 1 |
Mapping the Outer Edges of the World | 9 |
Chapter One Mythical Origins | 11 |
Chapter Two Mapping Identity | 27 |
Chapter Three The Monsters on the Edge | 45 |
The Marvels of the East over Three Centuries and a Millennium | 61 |
Chapter Four The Reality and Persistence of Monsters | 63 |
Chapter Five Containment and Consumption | 83 |
Chapter Seven Monstrous Nature | 117 |
Chapter Eight The Monster Within | 147 |
Chapter Nine Saints in the Margins | 179 |
Dwelling in the Monster | 203 |
Notes | 211 |
Bibliography | 247 |
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Back cover | 273 |
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