GERMAN

Wasser in der mittelalterlichen Kultur / Water in Medieval Culture: Gebrauch – Wahrnehmung – Symbolik / Uses, Perceptions, and Symbolism

By Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich (editor); Christian Rohr (editor); Michael Stolz (editor)

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2017
ISBN
9783110437430, 9783110442861, 9783110635928
DOI
10.1515/9783110437430
Language
german
Format
EPUB
Filesize
24 MB (24931548 bytes)
Series
Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte; 4
Pages
658\0
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-07-23 16:32:18

Description

Water is life. The human organism, our social relations and cultural achievements all depend on water. Water can preserve or destroy life, unite or separate us, and act as a force for liberation or dissipation. Water calls forth various cultural reactions as an economic, social, and symbolic factor. In the 47 essays collected in this book, medieval scholars from various disciplines consider water in its diverse functions.

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