Maps and Monsters in Medieval England

by Sim Mittman Asa and Asa Simon Mittman

This study centers on issues of marginality and monstrosity in medieval England. In the middle ages, geography was viewed as divinely ordered, so Britain's location at the periphery of the inhabitable world caused anxiety among its inhabitants. Far from the world's holy center, the geographic margins were considered monstrous. Medieval geography, for centuries scorned as crude, is now the subject of several careful studies. Monsters have likewise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415993318
• ISBN13: 9780415993319
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"