Studies in the Medieval Atlantic

Book Overview

Studies in the Medieval Atlantic is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that answers the question: what did the Atlantic Ocean mean to medieval north Europeans? Contributors analyze the Atlantic Ocean of the seventh to sixteenth centuries through literary, environmental, and historical approaches, studying it as an area that transcended ethnic or political boundaries. Covering exciting topics such as the influence of the oceanic landscape on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230120830
• ISBN13: 9780230120839
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"