Physical and cultural space in pre-industrial Europe [[electronic resource] ] : methodological approaches to spatiality / / edited by Marko Lamberg, Marko Hakanen and Janne Haikari

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910542310803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lund, : Nordic Academic Press, c2011
• ISBN: 91-85509-91-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (394 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LambergMarko <1969->; HakanenMarko; HaikariJanne
• Disciplina: 940
• Soggetti: Regionalism - Scandinavia; Electronic books.; Scandinavia Historical geography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Early modern mapping decoded -- pt. 2. Movements in space -- pt. 3. Information flows -- pt. 4. Local power -- pt. 5. Reconstructing bygone landscapes -- pt. 6. Frameworks of everyday life.
• Sommario/riassunto: Written by 19 scholars of history, archaeology, and ethnology, this book takes a multidisciplinary approach to European spaces of the past and the human agents within them. 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, allowing unique customs to flourish. Focusing on northern Europe, this history