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oapen-20.500.12657-521432022-07-11T12:13:39Z Constructing and Representing Territory in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe Damen, Mario Overlaet, Kim Pre-modern Europe, Territory, Cartography, Historiography, Heraldry, Space, Spatial Turn bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTP Historical geography bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography In recent political and constitutional history, scholars seldom specify how and why they use the concept of territory. In research on state formation processes and nation building, for instance, the term mostly designates an enclosed geographical area ruled by a central government. Inspired by ideas from political geographers, this book explores the layered and constantly changing meanings of territory in late medieval and early modern Europe before cartography and state formation turned boundaries and territories into more fixed (but still changeable) geographical entities. Its central thesis is that analysing the notion of territory in a premodern setting involves analysing territorial practices: practices that relate people and power to space(s). The book not only examines the construction and spatial structure of premodern territories but also explores their perception and representation through the use of a broad range of sources: from administrative texts to maps, from stained glass windows to chronicles. 2021-12-20T08:56:31Z 2021-12-20T08:56:31Z 2022 book ONIX_20211220_9789048551804_3 9789048551804 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52143 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9789048551804.pdf Amsterdam University Press Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789463726139 10.5117/9789463726139 dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 9789048551804 Dutch Research Council (NWO) Amsterdam University Press 366 360-50-100 open access
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In recent political and constitutional history, scholars seldom specify how and why they use the concept of territory. In research on state formation processes and nation building, for instance, the term mostly designates an enclosed geographical area ruled by a central government. Inspired by ideas from political geographers, this book explores the layered and constantly changing meanings of territory in late medieval and early modern Europe before cartography and state formation turned boundaries and territories into more fixed (but still changeable) geographical entities. Its central thesis is that analysing the notion of territory in a premodern setting involves analysing territorial practices: practices that relate people and power to space(s). The book not only examines the construction and spatial structure of premodern territories but also explores their perception and representation through the use of a broad range of sources: from administrative texts to maps, from stained glass windows to chronicles.
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