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Medieval Practices of Space Barbara A. Hanawalt and Michal Kobialka, editors |
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Interprets space and place in the medieval era. A glance at medieval maps tells us that cartographers of the Middle Ages divided space differently than we do today. In the great mappae mundi, for instance, Jerusalem takes center stage, with an image of the crucified Christ separating one place from another. The architects of medieval cathedrals manipulated space to clarify the roles and status of anyone who crossed the threshold. Even in the most everyday context, space was allotted according to gender and class and was freighted with infinitely subtle and various meanings. The contributors to this volume cross disciplinary and theoretical boundaries to read the words, metaphors, images, signs, poetic illusions, and identities with which medieval men and women used space or place to add meaning to the world. “The chapters yield fascinating insights about ways in which space was used, articulated, and ornamented in the Middle Ages and offer working examples of strategies that have lately been developed to explain those attitudes and practices.” —Speculum “Well researched documenting important transitions that demand further investigation.” —History “Provides useful methodological models, along with valuable contributions to the study of Host-desecration plays and liturgical drama.” —Theatre Journal Contributors: Kathleen Biddick, Charles Burroughs, Michael Camille, Tom Conley, Donnalee Dox, Jody Enders, Valerie K. J. Flint, Andrzej Piotrowski, Daniel Lord Smail. Barbara A. Hanawalt is King George III Professor of British History at Ohio State University and is the author of Chaucer's England. She has co-edited Bodies and Disciplines, City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe, and Medieval Crime and Social Control. Michal Kobialka is associate professor of theatre at the University of Minnesota. 336 pages | 27 black-and-white photos, 4 figures | 5-7/8 x 9 | 2000 |
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