The Persuasiveness of Cartography
Michel Le Nobletz (1577–1652) and the School of Le Conquet (France)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14701395 |
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| Authors | Franz Reitinger (Salzburg/Austria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 79-103 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/0782-4234-5452-76j6 |
| OpenAlex | W1979524201 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Some time ago, “Maphist,” the leading discussion group in the field of map history, launched an opinion poll in order to find out which saint can justly be claimed to be the patron of cartographers and map-makers. This article suggests one answer: the Breton itinerant preacher Michel Le Nobletz (1577–1652). With the help of several pious women cartographers, Le Nobletz produced allegorical sea charts and used them as a teaching device to catechize his congregations on the Christian virtues. He not only defended the use of maps vigorously against church authorities but also created a legal body in order to preserve them. Thus he became a forerunner of the type of map society founded in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Art · Art history · Cartography · Field (mathematics · Geography · Humanities · Michel foucault · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · SAINT · Historical Geography and Cartography · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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