IMC 2004: Sessions
Session 623: Islands of the World and the Seven Seas in Medieval Myth and History
Tuesday 13 July 2004, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft |
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Organiser: | Sieglinde Hartmann, Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main |
Moderator/Chair: | Richard Byrn, Department of German, University of Leeds |
Paper 623-a | Islands and Western Myths of Creation from Antiquity to the Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Economics - Trade, Language and Literature - Comparative, Mentalities |
Paper 623-b | Crete, its Ancient Myths, and its Importance for Medieval Traders and Travelers (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - German, Mentalities |
Abstract | This session is conceived as the starting point for a new investigation into the possible impact that myths and other fictitious stories about insular wonderlands had on the reasons why medieval men and women undertook their various missions, searches and explorations that finally led to the discovery of the New World. |