Dean's Seminar - Mapping the Religious Mind: India and the Medieval Geography of Religion
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- Speaker(s):
- Dr Alessandro Scafi
- Event date:
- Wednesday 07 December 2011
School of Advanced Study, University of London
- Description
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Religion and geography intersect and interact, particularly in the context of medieval cartography. India was represented on medieval world maps as a country of wisdom and a land of opulence but its depiction has to be seen within the wider context of the Christian vision of history.
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