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    From Pliny to Brexit: spatial representation of the British Isles

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    Volume
    7
    Pagination
    511 - 525 (24)
    Publisher
    Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2016
    Publisher URL
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41280-016-0023-1
    DOI
    10.1057/s41280-016-0023-1
    Journal
    Postmedieval: A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies
    Issue
    4
    ISSN
    2040-5979
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    Abstract
    This essay explores the representation of the British Isles on maps and related geographical texts over the course of the Middle Ages. Emphasizing the classical basis for representation of the islands, it examines articulations of insular identity in the debate over the date of Easter as presented in Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, in Gerald of Wales’ Topographia Hiberniae, and in later medieval maps of various genres, including mappaemundi, regional maps, and portolan charts. It concludes with brief reflections on the contemporary crisis of insular identity manifest in the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union.
    Authors
    HIATT, AC
    URI
    http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/18324
    Collections
    • Medieval and Early Modern [28]
    Language
    English
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    © 2016 Macmillan Publishers Ltd
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