The Edges of the Medieval World

Published by Central European University Press 2009

The Edges of the Medieval World

Edited by: Gerhard Jaritz and Juhan Kreem

In the series CEU Medievalia

https://doi.org/10.1515/9786155211706

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Jaritz Gerhard :

Gerhard Jaritz is Professor at the Medieval History Department of Central European University.

Kreem Juhan :

Juhan Kreem is vice-director of Tallinn Town Archives.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Edges of the World – Edges of Time Felicitas Schmieder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
From the Peripheries to the Centres and Back: Visual Culture and the Edges of this World Gerhard Jaritz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
The Picture of the World in Old Norse Sources Else Mundal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
“The Land of the Norwegians is the Last in the World”: A Mid-eleventh-century Description of the Nordic Countries from the Pen of Adam of Bremen Torstein Jørgensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
Political Rhetoric and the Edges of Christianity: Livonia and Its Evil Elements in the Fifteenth Century Anti Selart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Living on the Edge: Pirates and the Livonians in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Juhan Kreem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Darkness on the Edge of Town: Life at the Flurgrenze in Medieval and Traditional Narrative Tom Pettitt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
The Margins of One’s Small World: The Outskirts of Towns in Late Medieval and Early Modern Visual Representations Judit Sebő Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
What Is Exotic? Sources of Animals and Animal Products from the Edges of the Medieval World Aleksander Pluskowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
The Beast of Muhu: A Hybrid from the Periphery Tom Pettitt and Kadri Tüür Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
Tibi Silens Laus: Silence at the Edge of Language Lucie Doležalová Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 150
Keywords: Baltic Countries; Civilization; Medieval; Middle Ages

eBook

Published: October 15, 2009
ISBN: 9786155211706