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Hardback. Far from the forest primeval of popular imagination, the historians and literary scholars in this work describe a western European landscape just as consciously constructed by its inhabitants as any modern landscape - physically, conceptually and spiritually. Editor(s): Howe, John; Wolfe, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 b&w illustrations, 9 figures, 3 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Far from the forest primeval of popular imagination, the historians and literary scholars in this book describe a Western European landscape just as consciously constructed by its inhabitants as any modern landscape - physically, conceptually, and spiritually. All appearing for the first time in print, their essays provide a wealth of detail on this ""deep ecology"" of the Middle Ages and a better understanding of the creativity and skill of our cultural ancestors.
Far from the forest primeval of popular imagination, the historians and literary scholars in this book describe a Western European landscape just as consciously constructed by its inhabitants as any modern landscape - physically, conceptually, and spiritually. All appearing for the first time in print, their essays provide a wealth of detail on this ""deep ecology"" of the Middle Ages and a better understanding of the creativity and skill of our cultural ancestors.
Product Details
Publisher
Inventing Medieval Landscapes: Senses of Place in Western Europe
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
513g
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813024790
SKU
V9780813024790
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About Hardback
John Howe is professor of history at Texas Tech University. He is the author of Church Reform and Social Change in Eleventh-Century Central Italy: Dominic of Sora and His Patrons and was a contributor to Varieties of Religious Conversion in the Middle Ages (UPF, 1997). Michael Wolfe is professor of history and head of the Division of Arts and Humanities ... Read more
Reviews for 20020630
"This fascinating collection of highly readable essays literally opens new vistas on the medieval landscape." - John J. Contreni, Purdue University