IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1112: Mappings, II: Producing and Reproducing Local Maps
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | 'Cities of Readers: Religious Literacies in the Long 15th Century' Project |
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Organisers: | Margriet Hoogvliet, Afdeling Geschiedenis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Felicitas Schmieder, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität Hagen Dan Terkla, Department of English, Illinois Wesleyan University |
Moderator/Chair: | Paul D. A. Harvey, Department of History, Durham University |
Paper 1112-a | The Traditions of Geometrical Representation and the Rise of Local Mapmaking during the 14th Century and the 15th Century: Italy and South of France (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Science, Technology |
Paper 1112-b | My Plot, Your Plat, Our Inhabited Landscape: Early Modern Land Surveyors and the Record of European Physical and Social Space (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Science, Social History, Technology |
Paper 1112-c | Using Historical Maps for GIS-Based Analysis: Religious Books in Amiens and in Nearby Towns (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Geography and Settlement Studies, Technology |
Abstract | Medieval mapmaking is often thought to have been above all 'unscientific' and 'symbolic'. Recent publications have, however, revived the interest in local maps and plans from the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period by unearthing forgotten documents from the archives that are sometimes the result of advanced land-measuring techniques. Local maps are also important records of the representation of identities, or of changing spatial conceptualizations. Finally, digital techniques such as GIS and His-GIS offer exciting new possibilities for reproducing and re-using these historical documents for spatial analyses. |