This book introduces a new theoretical framework for the examination of medieval Western European perceptions of the Orient. Through the application of the medieval concept of translatio studii et imperii, it proposes the identification of three distinct conceptions of the Orient in medieval sources: Biblical, Classical, and Contemporary. Welsh textual material from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries is used as a case-study to develop and illustrate this theory.
| ISBN: | 9782503551555 |
| Publication date: | 2nd September 2015 |
| Author: | Natalia Petrovskaia |
| Publisher: | Brepols an imprint of Brepols Publishers NV |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 276 pages |
| Series: | Cursor Mundi |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology |