284 Pages
93 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
292 Pages
93 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
292 Pages
93 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction: Medieval English Manuscripts, Maps and Monsters:
A User's Guide
Part One: Mapping the Outer Edges of the World
Chapter 1: Mythical Origins
Chapter 2: Mapping Identity
Chapter 3: The Monsters on the Edge
Part Two: The Marvels of the East over Three Centuries and a Millennium
Chapter 4: The Reality and Persistence of Monsters
Chapter 5: Containment and Consumption
Chapter 6: Monstrous Sin and Salvation
Part Three: Lexical Spaces as Battlegrounds
Chapter 7: Monstrous Nature
Chapter 8: The Monster Within
Chapter 9: Saints in the Margins
Conclusion: Dwelling in the Monster
A User's Guide
Part One: Mapping the Outer Edges of the World
Chapter 1: Mythical Origins
Chapter 2: Mapping Identity
Chapter 3: The Monsters on the Edge
Part Two: The Marvels of the East over Three Centuries and a Millennium
Chapter 4: The Reality and Persistence of Monsters
Chapter 5: Containment and Consumption
Chapter 6: Monstrous Sin and Salvation
Part Three: Lexical Spaces as Battlegrounds
Chapter 7: Monstrous Nature
Chapter 8: The Monster Within
Chapter 9: Saints in the Margins
Conclusion: Dwelling in the Monster
Biography
Asa Mittman
