Medieval Ethnographies
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Group |
| ISBN-13 | 9781315249292 |
| Open Library | OL16567540W |
| Total publications | 4 |
| Coverage period | 2017 - 2017 |
| Language | EN |
Discrimination & Race Relations · Ethnicity · Ethnology · History · Intellectual life · Minority Studies · Social life and customs · Social Science
The Image of the Barbarian in Medieval Europe
On various occasions civilized man has found himself marching side by side with men at lower levels of social and cultural development. The great civilizations were accustomed to compare themselves quite favorably with these barbarian neighbors, whom they viewed with varying degrees of condescension, suspicion, scorn, and dread. The pejorative implications of the word barbarian were almost invariably present in its use in Graeco-Latin antiquity a…
Medieval Ethnographies
The Medieval West and the Indian Ocean
The medieval West knew nothing of the real Indian Ocean. As late as the mid-fifteenth century, the Catalonian mappemonde in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena shows utter ignorance of the Indian Ocean. Nevertheless, there had been some progress in the fifteenth century. This was due primarily to the rediscovery of Ptolemy, who, unlike the ignorant Roman geographers who were the main source for medieval cartographers, knew the Indian Ocean fairly we…
Perceptions of Hot Climate in Medieval Cosmography and Travel Literature
This chapter examines how climate, especially hot weather in exotic locations, was viewed by European travellers and writers in the middle ages. The concept of nature in the middle ages can be approached in a variety of ways. Philosophically, the world as perceived in the middle ages can be described according to the tripartite conceptual elements of nature, art and chance. Accordingly, nature is that which is; it is the cause of motion and of re…
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The Image of the Barbarian in Medieval Europe
On various occasions civilized man has found himself marching side by side with men at lower levels of social and cultural development. The great civilizations were accustomed to compare themselves quite favorably with these barbarian neighbors, whom they viewed with varying degrees of condescension, suspicion, scorn, and dread. The pejorative implications of the word barbarian were almost invariably present in its use in Graeco-Latin antiquity a…
Medieval Ethnographies
The Medieval West and the Indian Ocean
The medieval West knew nothing of the real Indian Ocean. As late as the mid-fifteenth century, the Catalonian mappemonde in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena shows utter ignorance of the Indian Ocean. Nevertheless, there had been some progress in the fifteenth century. This was due primarily to the rediscovery of Ptolemy, who, unlike the ignorant Roman geographers who were the main source for medieval cartographers, knew the Indian Ocean fairly we…
Perceptions of Hot Climate in Medieval Cosmography and Travel Literature
This chapter examines how climate, especially hot weather in exotic locations, was viewed by European travellers and writers in the middle ages. The concept of nature in the middle ages can be approached in a variety of ways. Philosophically, the world as perceived in the middle ages can be described according to the tripartite conceptual elements of nature, art and chance. Accordingly, nature is that which is; it is the cause of motion and of re…