The Medieval Peutinger Map - Imperial Roman Revival in a German Empire (Hardcover)

The Peutinger Map remains the sole medieval survivor of an imperial world-mapping tradition. It depicts most of the inhabited world as it was known to the ancients, from Britain's southern coastline to the farthest reaches of Alexander's conquests in India, showing rivers, lakes, islands, and mountains while also naming regions and the peoples who once claimed the landscape. Onto this panorama, the mapmaker has plotted the ancient Roman road network, with hundreds of images along the route and distances marked from point to point. This book challenges the artifact's self-presentation as a Roman map by examining its medieval contexts of crusade, imperial ambitions, and competition between the German-Roman Empire and the papacy.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2014
Authors:	Emily Albu
Dimensions:	236 x 159 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	194
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-05942-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-107-05942-9
Barcode:	9781107059429

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