The contribution of early medieval China (AD 220-589) to the travel culture of landscape appreciation
Tourism has a long history that in the Western culture dates back to ancient Rome and Greece. In imperial China, tourism has a tradition independent of Europe, and is defined in the present study as “the travel culture of landscape appreciation”.
Mapping Ancient Germania: Berlin Researchers Crack the Ptolemy Code
A 2nd century map of Germania by the scholar Ptolemy has always stumped scholars, who were unable to relate the places depicted to…
Hierusalem in Laterano: Translation of Sacred Space in Fifth-Century Rome
Hierusalem in Laterano: Translation of Sacred Space in Fifth-Century Rome By Christian Sahner New Jerusalems: Hierotopy and Iconography of Sacred Spaces, edited by…
Medieval biographies and the geography of power: the Historia Gruffud vab Kenan
Medieval biographies and the geography of power: the Historia Gruffud vab Kenan Jones, Rhys (Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales) Journal…
The Art of Medieval Sustainable Urban Design: The case of Toledo
The Art of Medieval Sustainable Urban Design: The case of Toledo By Serge Salat Paper given at the Sustainable Building Conference (SB10mad), Madrid,…
Crossing The River: Of Whores and Watermen
As a cultural perspective on the movements of local Londoners, this paper seeks to examine the nature of the River Thames as a boundary of propriety, behaviour, and acceptance in late-medieval and Tudor London
The Appearance of Lighthouses on Portolan Charts: 1300-1600 AD
The Appearance of Lighthouses on Portolan Charts: 1300-1600 AD By Kevin Sheehan North and South, East and West: Movements in the Medieval World: Proceedings…
Bishopstone and Lyminge
Bishopstone and Lyminge By Gabor Thomas British Archaeology, No.113 (July/August 2011) Introduction: It is now well established that the structure of the English…
The first settlers of Iceland: an isotopic approach to colonisation
The first settlers of Iceland: an isotopic approach to colonisation By T. Douglas Price and Hildur Gestsdottir Antiquity, Vol. 80 (2006) Abstract: The…
Native Enclosed Settlement and the Problem of the Irish ‘Ring-fort’
Native Enclosed Settlement and the Problem of the Irish ‘Ring-fort’ By Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Medieval Archaeology, Vol.53 (2009) Abstract: One of the most sustained…
The Osma Beatus Map: A Medieval and Christian View of the World
These medieval maps represent images of different aspects not only of geographical and historical but also fantastical knowledge of the world.
Castle of Intellect, Castle of Force: The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror
Castle of Intellect, Castle of Force: The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror BURNS, S.J., ROBERT I. THE LIBRARY OF…
Earliest medieval map of Britain put online
A fifteen-month research project of the earliest surviving geographically recognizable map of Great Britain, known as the Gough Map, provides some revealing insights…
The Kingdom of Castile (1157–1212): Towards a Geography of the Southern Frontier
Here we shall try to understand the geography of the southern frontier of the Kingdom of Castile between 1157 and 1212, specifically that territory bordered by the Almohad Empire.
Romantic Geography and the Crusades: British Library Royal ms. 19 D I
Romantic Geography and the Crusades: British Library Royal ms. 19 D I Quigley, Maureen (Saint Louis University) Peregrinations, Vol.2:3 (2009) Abstract It is not…
Representations of Jerusalem in Christian-European Maps from the 6th to the 16th Centuries: A Comparative Tool for Reading the Message of a Map in its Cultural Context
Representations of Jerusalem in Christian-European Maps from the 6th to the 16th Centuries:A Comparative Tool for Reading the Message of a Map in its Cultural Context…
Forms of rural settlements in Poland and their transformation in the course of history
Forms of rural settlements in Poland and their transformation in the course of history By Marek Koter and Mariusz Kulesza Dela, Vol.25 (2006)…
Analysing the Vinland Map: A Critical Review of a Critical Review
Analysing the Vinland Map: A Critical Review of a Critical Review By Kenneth M. Towe, R.J.H Clark and K.A. Seaver Archaeometry, Vol.50:5 (2008)…
Streets in Medieval Wrocław
Streets in Medieval Wrocław/Ulice średniowiecznego Wrocławia Piekalski, Jerzy (Zakład Archeologii Średniowiecza – Universitetu Wrocławkiego) Instytut Archeologii Universitetu Wrocławkiego (2010) Abstract During the Middle…
Man and nature in the Middle Ages
Man and nature in the Middle Ages By Christian Rohr Lecture given at Novosibirsk State University (2002) Introduction: If we try to define…
John Cabot and Christopher Columbus Revisited
John Cabot and Christopher Columbus Revisited By Francesc Albardaner i Llorens The Northern Mariner, Vol.10, No. 2 (2000) Introduction: The Iberian peninsula is…
Looking Beyond: Globalization in the Catalan Atlas of the Fourteenth Century
The Catalan Atlas is a large scale map, dated 1375, that is made up of six leaves of vellum originally folded in half but later cut and mounted on wooden boards measuring approximately 65 by 50 centimeters each
Medieval ‘Cultural Landscapes’: Construction, Perception, and Evaluation – in the Middle Ages and Today
Medieval ‘Cultural Landscapes’: Construction, Perception, and Evaluation – in the Middle Ages and Today By Gerhard Jaritz Paper given at the Yeongwol Yonsei…