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Evelyn Edson Quotes

born 1940 United States

Evelyn Edson (born November 28, 1940) is an author, medievalist, and professor emerita of history.

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'Reading a map' in the Middle Ages could mean scanning great blocks of written matter, describing geographical, anthropological, and historical features. The Hereford map asks for the prayers of all those who 'see, read, hear or possess' it.

Looking at a medieval mappamundi (or world map) is a disorienting experience. Oriented to the east, displaying unfamiliar geographical forms and blanketed with images of strange animals and monstrous humans, it does not correspond to our modern concept of a world map.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Evelyn Edson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.