Visions of North in Premodern Europe

The North has long attracted attention, not simply as a circumpolar geographical location, but also as an ideological space, a place that is ‘made’ through the understanding, imagination, and interactions of both insiders and outsiders. The envisioning of the North brings it into being, and it is fr...

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description The North has long attracted attention, not simply as a circumpolar geographical location, but also as an ideological space, a place that is ‘made’ through the understanding, imagination, and interactions of both insiders and outsiders. The envisioning of the North brings it into being, and it is from this starting point that this volume explores how the North was perceived from ancient times up to the early modern period, questioning who, where, and what was defined as North over the course of two millennia. Covering historical periods as diverse as Ancient Greece to eighteenth-century France, and drawing on a variety of disciplines including cultural history, literary studies, art history, environmental history, and the history of science, the contributions gathered here combine to shed light on one key question: how was the North constructed as a place and a people? Material such as sagas, the ethnographic work of Olaus Magnus, religious writing, maps, medical texts, and illustrations are drawn on throughout the volume, offering important insights into how these key sources continued to be used over time. Selected texts have been compiled into a useful appendix that will be of considerable value to scholars.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1509352025-02-10T17:01:19Z Visions of North in Premodern Europe Jørgensen, Dolly Langum, Virginia Historiography (c. 500-1500) Cultural studies (general & theoretical) North Germanic/Scandinavian languages & literatures Comparative & cultural studies through literature Cultural & intellectual history (c. 500-1500) Geography & cartography (c. 500-1500) Viking studies North Sea lands studies (c. 500-1500) Scandinavian & Baltic lands (c. 500-1500) Late antique & medieval history: subperiods The Renaissance world (c.1450-1550) : specific topics Cultural & intellectual history (c. 1501-1800) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages The North has long attracted attention, not simply as a circumpolar geographical location, but also as an ideological space, a place that is ‘made’ through the understanding, imagination, and interactions of both insiders and outsiders. The envisioning of the North brings it into being, and it is from this starting point that this volume explores how the North was perceived from ancient times up to the early modern period, questioning who, where, and what was defined as North over the course of two millennia. Covering historical periods as diverse as Ancient Greece to eighteenth-century France, and drawing on a variety of disciplines including cultural history, literary studies, art history, environmental history, and the history of science, the contributions gathered here combine to shed light on one key question: how was the North constructed as a place and a people? Material such as sagas, the ethnographic work of Olaus Magnus, religious writing, maps, medical texts, and illustrations are drawn on throughout the volume, offering important insights into how these key sources continued to be used over time. Selected texts have been compiled into a useful appendix that will be of considerable value to scholars. 2025-02-10T17:01:18Z 2025-02-10T17:01:18Z 2018 book ONIX_20250210_9782503574752_8 9782503574752 9782503574769 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150935 eng Cursor Mundi image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503574752-1 https://www.brepolsonline.net/action/showBook?doi=10.1484%2FM.CURSOR-EB.5.112872 Brepols Brepols 10.1484/M.CURSOR-EB.5.112872 10.1484/M.CURSOR-EB.5.112872 337417f5-5e42-49d3-8b32-3867e1572190 9782503574752 9782503574769 Brepols 31 383 Turnhout open access
spellingShingle Historiography (c. 500-1500)
Cultural studies (general & theoretical)
North Germanic/Scandinavian languages & literatures
Comparative & cultural studies through literature
Cultural & intellectual history (c. 500-1500)
Geography & cartography (c. 500-1500)
Viking studies
North Sea lands studies (c. 500-1500)
Scandinavian & Baltic lands (c. 500-1500)
Late antique & medieval history: subperiods
The Renaissance world (c.1450-1550) : specific topics
Cultural & intellectual history (c. 1501-1800)
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages
Visions of North in Premodern Europe
title Visions of North in Premodern Europe
title_full Visions of North in Premodern Europe
title_fullStr Visions of North in Premodern Europe
title_full_unstemmed Visions of North in Premodern Europe
title_short Visions of North in Premodern Europe
title_sort visions of north in premodern europe
topic Historiography (c. 500-1500)
Cultural studies (general & theoretical)
North Germanic/Scandinavian languages & literatures
Comparative & cultural studies through literature
Cultural & intellectual history (c. 500-1500)
Geography & cartography (c. 500-1500)
Viking studies
North Sea lands studies (c. 500-1500)
Scandinavian & Baltic lands (c. 500-1500)
Late antique & medieval history: subperiods
The Renaissance world (c.1450-1550) : specific topics
Cultural & intellectual history (c. 1501-1800)
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages
topic_facet Historiography (c. 500-1500)
Cultural studies (general & theoretical)
North Germanic/Scandinavian languages & literatures
Comparative & cultural studies through literature
Cultural & intellectual history (c. 500-1500)
Geography & cartography (c. 500-1500)
Viking studies
North Sea lands studies (c. 500-1500)
Scandinavian & Baltic lands (c. 500-1500)
Late antique & medieval history: subperiods
The Renaissance world (c.1450-1550) : specific topics
Cultural & intellectual history (c. 1501-1800)
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages
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