فضا در غرب قرون وسطی: مکان‌ها، قلمروها و جغرافیای خیالی. ویرایش شده توسط مریدیت کوهن، فانی مادلین

This volume participates in the recent 'spatial turn' in the humanities. In the last two decades research on spatial paradigms and practices has gained momentum across disciplines and vastly different periods, including the field of medieval studies. Responding to this current, the essays collected here generate new ideas about how medieval space was defined, constructed and practiced in medieval Europe. The resulting collection does not only bring new insight into these questions, but also it situates medieval constructions of space in relation to contemporary conceptions of the subject. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 List of Maps......Page 10 List of Tables......Page 12 Notes on Contributors......Page 14 Acknowledgments......Page 18 List of Abbreviations......Page 20 Introduction......Page 22 Part I Places, Monuments, and Cities......Page 40 1 Squarely Built: an Inquiry into the Sources of Ad Quadratum Geometry in Lombard Architecture......Page 42 2 The Geometry of Rib Vaulting at Notre-Dame of Paris: Architectural or Exegetical Space?......Page 58 3 Gothic Drawing and the Shaping of Space......Page 72 4 Marking the City for Christ: Spatiality and the Invention of Utrecht’s Medieval Cross of Churches......Page 98 Part II Spatial Networks and Territories......Page 118 5 From Plebs to Parochia: The Perception of the Church in Space from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century......Page 120 6 New Masters of Space: The Creation of Communication Networks in the West......Page 136 7 Inventing Legal Space: From Regional Custom to Common Law in the Coutumiers of Medieval France......Page 154 Part III Cartography and Imagined Geographies......Page 178 8 The Image of France in the Beatus Map of Saint-Sever......Page 180 9 France in the Two Geographical Works of Al-Idrīsī......Page 196 10 From Gaul to the Kingdom of France: Representations of French Space in the Geographical Texts of the Middle Ages......Page 218 11 The Definition and Boundaries of Eucharistic Space in the Grail Prose Romances......Page 240 Frequently Cited Sources......Page 254 Index......Page 256 In the last two decades, research on spatial paradigms and practices has gained momentum across disciplines and periods, including the field of medieval studies. Responding to this 'spatial turn' in the humanities, the essays collected here generate new ideas about how medieval space was defined, constructed, and practiced in Europe. In the last two decades, research on spatial paradigms and practices has gained momentum across disciplines and vastly different periods, including the field of medieval studies. Responding to this aespatial turnAE in the humanities, the essays collected here generate new ideas about how medieval space was defined, constructed, and practiced in Europe, particularly in France. Essays are grouped thematically and in three parts, from specific sites, through the broader shaping of territory by means of socially constructed networks, to the larger geographical realm. The resulting collection builds on existing scholarship but brings new insight, situating medieval constructions of space in relation to contemporary conceptions of the subject