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Inhabited spaces : Anglo-Saxon constructions of place
- Title
- Inhabited spaces : Anglo-Saxon constructions of place / Nicole Guenther Discenza.
- Author
- Discenza, Nicole Guenther, 1969-
- Publication
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- xii, 261 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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 the universe into knowable places, from where the earth stood in the cosmos, to the kingdoms of different peoples, and to the intimacy of the hall. Discenza argues that Anglo-Saxon works both construct orderly place and illuminate the limits of human spatial control."--
- Series Statement
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 23
- Uniform Title
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 23.
- Alternative Title
- Anglo-Saxon constructions of place
- Subjects
- Geography in literature
- Space perception in literature
- Geographical perception in literature
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern > England > History and criticism
- Geographical perception > England > History > Medieval, 500-1500
- English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism
- England > Civilization > To 1500
- Human geography > England > History > To 1500
- Space perception > England > History > Medieval, 500-1500
- Sacred space > England > History > Medieval, 500-1500
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241) and index.
- Contents
- Earth's place in the cosmos -- England, the Mediterranean, and beyond -- Recentring : the north and England's place -- Fruitful wastes in Beowulf, Guthlac A, and Andreas -- Halls and cities as locuses of civilization and sin.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-4060
- ISBN
- 9781487500658
- 1487500653
- OCLC
- 950450711
- Author
- Discenza, Nicole Guenther, 1969- author.
- Title
- Inhabited spaces : Anglo-Saxon constructions of place / Nicole Guenther Discenza.
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 23Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 23.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-4060