The Edges of the Medieval World (CEU Medievalia) - Softcover

9789639776456: The Edges of the Medieval World (CEU Medievalia)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9639776459 ISBN 13: 9789639776456

Publisher: Central European University Press, 2009

In the Middles Ages, the edges of one's world could represent different meanings. On the one hand, they might have been situated in far-away regions, mainly in the east and north, that one most often only knew from hearsay and which were inhabited by strange beings: humans with their faces on their chest, without a mouth, or with dog heads. On the other hand, the edges of one's world could just mean the borders of the community where one lived and that one sometimes might not have had the possibility to cross during one's whole life.In this volume specialists from eight European countries offer their ideas about different edges of the medieval world and contribute to a discussion that has been increasing greatly in Medieval Studies in recent times.

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About the Author:

Gerhard Jaritz is professor of Medieval Studies at Central European University and senior research fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences Juhan Kreem is vice-director of Tallinn Town Archives

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