{"product_id":"writing-the-world-in-early-medieval-england-paperback-softback-9781108932059","title":"Writing the World in Early Medieval England (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108932059","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWriting the World in Early Medieval England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Element tells that the early medieval English were better connected to a broader world than we often imagine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicole Guenther Discenza (Author), Heide Estes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108932059, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 September 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e84 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 0.5 cm, 0.136 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Discenza and Estes together produce an ambitious and wide-ranging survey of how people in early medieval England wrote about the world around them. 'Writing the World in Early Medieval England' will undoubtedly serve to broaden the horizons of its readers, providing a whistle-stop tour of documentary and literary texts which describe England, Scandinavia, continental Europe, the 'Holy Lands', Asia, Africa, as well as imagined lands and those places beyond this world. Perhaps the main offering of this Element is a reminder of the prescient need to challenge modern preconceptions of the past, which have clouded our understanding of early medieval history.' Jonathan Tickle, Parergon\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe early medieval English were far more diverse and better connected to a broader world. Their writings reveal substantial interest in Europe, Asia, and Africa while they situated themselves firmly within Christian Europe. They drew many ideas from textual sources and filled out their conceptions from their own travels and interactions with visitors. Chronicles, histories, poetry, homilies, saints' lives, and occasionally maps tell of peoples and lands from the British Isles to their near neighbors in Scandinavia to such distant places as Jerusalem, North Africa, and India. They also imagined geographies that veered into the fantastic and vividly depicted hell, purgatory, and heaven. This Element provides insights about early medieval English who were engaged deeply in a variety of modes with other parts of their world. Both the connections and the divisions they constructed still have impact today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. England and Scandinavia\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mainland Europe\u003cbr\u003e 3. Jerusalem and its environs\u003cbr\u003e 4. Asia and Africa\u003cbr\u003e 5. Imagined lands\u003cbr\u003e 6. Hell, purgatory, and heaven\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Miscellaneous items [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Miscellaneous items\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Miscellaneous%20items%20%5BWZ%5D%22\"\u003eWZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52515969073432,"sku":"9781108932059","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/writing-the-world-in-early-medieval-england-paperback-softback-9781108932059","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}