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Our sea of islands : new approaches to British insularity in the Late Middle Ages

Boyd Goldie, Matthew(Edited by)Sobecki, Sebastian(Edited by)
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This book considers how to conceive of the group of islands known in our time as the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages.

Was the archipelago considered one geographical unit?

Was it an it, or were the islands a they? Singular or plural? Contributions consider possible paths to thinking about late-medieval archipelagism, and in doing so, highlight the inconsistencies and contradictions in medieval (and modern) conceptions of the region.

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Product Details
Palgrave Macmillan
3031464044 / 9783031464041
Hardback
941.04
07/12/2023
Switzerland
English
185 pages
21 cm