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OverviewThis book is a new cultural and intellectual history of the natural world in the early medieval Latin West. It examines the complex relationships between language, texts, and the physical world they describe, focusing on the manuscripts of the Physiologus—the foundation of the medieval bestiary. The Physiologus helped to shape the post-Roman worldview about the role and place of human beings in Creation. This process drew on classical ideas, but in its emphasis on allegory, etymology, and a plurality of readings, it was original and distinctive. This study demonstrates precisely how the early medieval re-contextualization of existing knowledge, together with a substantial amount of new writing, set the course of ideas about faith and nature for centuries to come. In doing so, it establishes the importance of multi-text miscellanies for early medieval written culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anna Dorofeeva (Lecturer in Digital Palaeography, University of Göttingen)Publisher: Arc Humanities Press Imprint: Arc Humanities Press Edition: New edition ISBN: 9781802700022ISBN 10: 1802700021 Pages: 266 Publication Date: 30 November 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAnna Dorofeeva is Lecturer in Digital Palaeography at the University of Göttingen and was the recipient of the 2021 ANZAMEMS-Arc Humanities Award for Original Research Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |