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The Art, Science, and Technology of Medieval Travel (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Art, Science, and Technology of Medieval Travel (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: AVISTA Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Science and Art
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This sixth volume in the AVISTA series considers "The Art, Science,
and Technology of Medieval Travel". In recent years, scholarship
has increasingly emphasized the importance of travel and
intercultural exchange in the Middle Ages. The notable medieval
phenomena of pilgrimage and crusade obviously involved travel,
while the growth of international commerce contributed decisively
to the emergence of Europe as a major force in the world.
Medievalists in all fields thus have good reason to consider this
issue. The contributors here explore medieval travel from a variety
of interdisciplinary perspectives, placing the physical practice of
transportation into the larger context of medieval thought about
the world and its meaning. The four sections move in focus from the
practical to the theoretical, and back. The first section deals
with medieval vehicles and logistics, considering Carolingian
military planning, Venetian ship design, the origin of the coach,
and trade-offs between land and water transport. In the second
section, the authors look at ways in which medieval artists
responded to travel in creating city gates, representations of
earthly travel, and devotional images based on the idea of
spiritual pilgrimage. The next papers deal with maps and their
meanings, opening with an argument for the importance of Platonic
symbolism for medieval mapmakers, followed by studies on the
Hereford Mappa Mundi, the Gough Map, and Petrarch's travel guide to
the Holy Land. The final section discusses the history of
navigational instruments in the Middle Ages. Together, these papers
constitute important explorations of how the practical and
theoretical concerns of medieval travellers intersected, from the
early Middle Ages to the dawn of the Renaissance.
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