Transforming Europe in the Images of the World, 1110-1500

Natalia I. Petrovskaia holds MA, MPhil and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge. She is currently Assistant Professor in Celtic at Utrecht University. This book is the result of her recent NWO Veni Project, ‘Defining Europe in Medieval European Geographical Discourse’.

• List of Figures, List of Tables, Acknowledgments, List of Abbreviations,Introduction: Starting Out. 'Europes', Hippogriffs, and Mathematics, Part I: An Introduction to the Imago Mundi tradition, Chapter 1. Understanding the World. An Overview of the Imago mundi, Chapter 2. Translating Knowledge. An Introduction to the Imago Mundi Family, Part II. Modes of Reading Geography, Chapter 3. Time. Authority and Archaism, Chapter 4. Space. Geographical Regions as Fuzzy Sets, Chapter 5. Movement. The Hodoeporical Descriptive Technique, Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead, Appendices, Bibliography,Manuscripts, Primary Sources, Secondary Sources, Electronic Resources.