The Mappae Mundi of Medieval Iceland by Dale Kedwards HARDBACK 9781843845690

The Mappae Mundi of Medieval Iceland\nby Dale Kedwards\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Dale Kedwards\nTitle: The Mappae Mundi of Medieval Iceland\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd\nPublication year: 2020\nISBN-13: 9781843845690\nISBN-10: 1843845695\nRRP: \u00A380.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nAn innovative, interdisciplinary approach to the understudied Icelandic mappae mundi. The Icelandic mappae mundi (maps of the world), drawn between c. 1225 and c. 1400, are contemporary with the breathtaking rise of its vernacular literary culture, and provide important insights into the Icelanders' capacious geographical awareness in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. However, in compariso.