Title Inhabited spaces : Anglo-Saxon constructions of place / Nicole Guenther Discenza

Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) Series Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 23 Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 23. Contents Earth's place in the cosmos -- England, the Mediterranean, and beyond -- Recentring : the north and England's place -- Fruitful wastes in Beowulf, Guthlac A, and Andreas -- Halls and cities as locuses of civilization and sin Summary "We tend to think of early medieval people as unsophisticated about geography because their understandings of space and place often differed from ours, yet theirs were no less complex. Anglo-Saxons conceived of themselves as living at the centre of a cosmos that combined order and plenitude, two principles in a constant state of tension. In Inhabited Spaces, Nicole Guenther Discenza examines a variety of Anglo-Latin and Old English texts to shed light on Anglo-Saxon understandings of space. Anglo-Saxon models of the universe featured a spherical earth at the centre of a spherical universe ordered by God. They sought to shape the universe into knowable places, from where the earth stood in the cosmos, to the kingdoms of different peoples, and to the intimacy of the hall. Discenza argues that Anglo-Saxon works both construct orderly place and illuminate the limits of human spatial control."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Geographical perception -- England -- History -- To 1500 Sacred space -- England -- History -- To 1500 Space perception -- England -- History -- To 1500 Human geography -- England -- History -- To 1500 English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- England -- History and criticism Geographical perception in literature. Geography in literature. Space perception in literature. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Space perception in literature Latin literature, Medieval and modern Human geography Geography in literature Geographical perception in literature Geographical perception English literature -- Old English Civilization Sacred space Space perception SUBJECT England -- Civilization -- To 1500 Subject England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781487511531 1487511531

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