Author : Marko Lamberg
Publisher : Nordic Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9185509612
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-industrial Europe by : Marko Lamberg
Download or read book Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-industrial Europe written by Marko Lamberg and published by Nordic Academic Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to the Industrial Era, the geography of Europe posed problems, but also offered possibilities for its people. Distances created obstacles to communication and state formation, but at the same time, inhabitants and officials in peripheral areas gained room to pursue more independent action and allowing unique customs to flourish. In Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-industrial Europe the authors seek to answer how early modern Europeans -- rulers, officials, aristocrats, scholars, priests, and commoners -- perceived, utilised and organised the space around them. The geographic focus is on northern Europe, where distances played a more important role in society than in the densely populated areas of Southern Europe. Written by nineteen scholars of history, archaeology and ethnology, this book takes a multidisciplinary approach to European spaces of the past and the human agents within them.