1st Edition
The King's Two Maps Cartography & Culture in Thirteenth-Century England
By Daniel Birkholz
Copyright 2004
292 Pages
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Routledge
290 Pages
72 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
290 Pages
72 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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While a culture may have a dominant way of mapping, its geography is always plural, and there is always competition among conceptions of space. Beginning with this understanding, this book traces the map's early development into an emblem of the state, and charts the social and cultural implications of this phenomenon. This book chronicles the specific technologies, both material and... Read more
Chapter 1 Chapter One Painted Chamber Compilatio Henry III and the Cartography of Kingship; Chapter 2 Chapter Two Figuring Britain; Chapter 3 Chapter Three Of Sea Monsters, Salt, and Sovereignty; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index of Names, Places, and Subjects Mentioned in Text;
Biography
Daniel Birkholtz is Assistant Professor at Pomona College. His areas of expertise include manuscript culture, Scandinavia and Viking Britain, medieval literature, and medieval London.
