Book contents
- Medieval Riverscapes
- Studies in Environment and History
- Medieval Riverscapes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 200–450: Late Antique Gaul
- 1 Poetries of Place
- 450–750: The Merovingians
- 2 Rivers of Risk
- 3 River Resources
- 750–950: The Carolingians
- 4 Rivers and Memory
- 950–1050: The Year 1000 Question
- 5 Ruptured Rivers
- 6 Meanderings
- 1050–1250: A New World?
- 7 The Same River Twice
- Bibliography
- Index
- Studies in Environment and History
750–950: The Carolingians
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2024
- Medieval Riverscapes
- Studies in Environment and History
- Medieval Riverscapes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 200–450: Late Antique Gaul
- 1 Poetries of Place
- 450–750: The Merovingians
- 2 Rivers of Risk
- 3 River Resources
- 750–950: The Carolingians
- 4 Rivers and Memory
- 950–1050: The Year 1000 Question
- 5 Ruptured Rivers
- 6 Meanderings
- 1050–1250: A New World?
- 7 The Same River Twice
- Bibliography
- Index
- Studies in Environment and History
Summary
Here the artist has drawn a crowded and vivid riverscape, teeming with fish and serpents and dragons. The riverbanks are full of vegetation; animals, birds, and men stand alongside the river, looking up to God in the heavens. The animals include mundane cattle and deer alongside more spectacular elephants and lions. The imagined worlds of Biblical creation could both intersect and run counter to the lived worlds of the European lived environments.
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- Medieval RiverscapesEnvironment and Memory in Northwest Europe, c. 300–1100, pp. 136 - 139Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024