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    Isolated Islands in Medieval Nature, Culture and Mind
    Isolated Islands in Medieval Nature, Culture and Mind
    Isolated Islands in Medieval Nature, Culture and Mind
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    Isolated Islands in Medieval Nature, Culture and Mind

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    Focuses specifically on the concept and role of islands in the medieval world. The main characteristic of an island is, of course, that of being isolated from the rest of the world; in geography by waters, in more abstract and symbolic meanings by other kinds of separating borders. Islands were the place 'on the other side', of difference, otherness and remoteness. As one of the articles in this volume puts it, islands are often depicted "as sites for extraordinary events and happenings".
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCentral European University Press
    Release dateOct 15, 2011
    ISBN9786155053252
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