1st Edition

The King's Two Maps Cartography & Culture in Thirteenth-Century England

By Daniel Birkholz Copyright 2004
    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    290 Pages 72 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    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 epistemological, by which the map shows itself capable of accessing, organizing, and reorienting a tremendous range of information.

    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.