Imagining the space: Notes about the alteration of the geographical conception throughout the High Middle Ages

Authors

  • Sebastián Souviron Bono

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/BAETICA.2012.v0i34.88

Keywords:

High Middle Ages, Late Antiquity, Geography, Macrobius, Cartography, Maps

Abstract

In this article we try to analyse the change of the perception of the world that has place between Late Antiquity and the High Middle Ages. The Geographical conception was modified in a significant way for symbolic reasons, and the Cartography was affected.

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2015-04-17

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Souviron Bono, S. (2015). Imagining the space: Notes about the alteration of the geographical conception throughout the High Middle Ages. BAETICA. Estudios De Historia Moderna Y Contemporánea, (34), 315–323. https://doi.org/10.24310/BAETICA.2012.v0i34.88

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