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Nicole Guenther Discenza - Inhabited Spaces: Anglo-Saxon Constructions of Place - 9781487500658 - V9781487500658
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Inhabited Spaces: Anglo-Saxon Constructions of Place

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Description for Inhabited Spaces: Anglo-Saxon Constructions of Place Hardback. In Inhabited Spaces, Nicole Guenther Discenza examines a variety of Anglo-Latin and Old English texts to shed light on Anglo-Saxon understandings of space. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
We tend to think of early medieval people as unsophisticated about geography because their understandings of space and place often differed from ours, yet theirs were no less complex. Anglo-Saxons conceived of themselves as living at the centre of a cosmos that combined order and plenitude, two principles in a constant state of tension. In Inhabited Spaces, Nicole Guenther Discenza examines a variety of Anglo-Latin and Old English texts to shed light on Anglo-Saxon understandings of space. Anglo-Saxon models of the universe featured a spherical earth at the centre of a spherical universe ordered by God. They sought to shape ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
Condition
New
Weight
559g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781487500658
SKU
V9781487500658
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About Nicole Guenther Discenza
Nicole Guenther Discenza is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of South Florida.

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