Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Illustrations VII
4. Acknowledgments IX
5. Introduction: Medieval Geographical Desire 1
6. I. Centers and Margins
7. 1. “Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita” 15
8. 2. Defining the Earth's Center in a Medieval “Multi-Text” 29
9. 3. Against Gog and Magog 54
10. II. Place and the Politics of Identity
11. 4. Territorial Interpolations In The Old English Orosius 79
12. 5. Making History English 97
13. 6. Too Close for Comfort 116
14. III. Gender, Sexuality, Geography
15. 7. City Air Makes Men Free and Women Bound 143
16. 8. Land-Taking and Text-Making in Medieval Iceland 159
17. 9. Courted in the Country 185
18. 10. Assault from Behind 207
19. IV. The Territory of Texts
20. 11. Judecca, Dante’s Satan, and the Dis-placed Jew 247
21. 12. The ABC of Ptolemy 268
22. Bibliography 295
23. List of Contributors 321
24. Index 323