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Water as medieval intellectual entity: case studies in twelfth-century western monasticism
- Author(s):
- James Smith (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Subject(s):
- Twelfth century, Thirteenth century, Fourteenth century, Ecocriticism, Intellectual life, History, Middle Ages, Literature, Medieval
- Item Type:
- Thesis
- Institution:
- University of Western Australia
- Tag(s):
- Medieval monasticism, Water history, Medieval diagrams, Victorines, Cistercianism, 11th to 14th century, Intellectual history, Medieval history, Medieval literature
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6R20N
- Abstract:
- In this thesis, the imagery of water serves as a point of focus for an inquiry into the composition of medieval abstract space. As a ubiquitous element of human life with distinct properties and connotations across time, water touches, and has ever touched upon, both what is historically and culturally unique and what is ongoing within environmental imagination. This study examines the significance and the deployment of environmental imagery in the composition, narration, and recollection of organised thought in the Middle Ages.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
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