The Elements in the Medieval World

The Elements in the Medieval World
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 457
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ISBN-10 : 9789004712430
ISBN-13 : 9004712437
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Download or read book The Elements in the Medieval World written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-11-21 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourteen chapters and poem of this volume reflect the centrality of the element Earth in medieval thought and life, a centrality inherited from classical antiquity, and fundamental too in Judaeo-Christian and Islamic traditions. The chapters also reflect the multifarious nature of the ways that Earth was experienced and understood in the Middle Ages. Contributors are Sophie E.D. Abrahams, Daniel Anlezark, Marilina Cesario, Catherine Clarke, James Davis, Stephen J. Davis, Virginia Iommi Echeverría, Andrew Fear, Danielle B. Joyner, Hugh Magennis, Francesco Marzella, Tom C.B. McLeish, Patrick Naeve, Bernard O’Donoghue, Sinéad O’Sullivan, Alexandra Paddock, Elisa Ramazzina, Hannah E. Smithson, Sigbjørn O. Sønnesyn, Sinéad O’Sullivan, and Margaret Tedford.


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