Geographical Lore of the Time of the Crusades

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Author

Wright, John Kirtland, 1891-1969

Title

The geographical lore of the time of the Crusades : A study in the history of medieval science and tradition in Western Europe

Original Publication

New York: American Geographical Society, 1925.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Tim Lindell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Geography -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78333

Release Date

April 1, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE GEOGRAPHICAL LORE OF THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES A Study in the History of Medieval Science and Tradition in Western Europe
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.INTRODUCTION — The Time of the Crusades — Scope of the Term “Geographical Lore” — Origins of the Geographical Lore of the Time of the Crusades — Organization of the Present Work
6. 6.PART I ORIGINS, SOURCES, AND PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL LORE OF THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES — CHAPTER I THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ANCIENT WORLD — SOURCES — THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE — SHAPE, MOVEMENTS, AND SIZE OF THE EARTH — THE DISTRIBUTION OF HABITABLE REGIONS; ZONES; THE DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND WATER — PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY — MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY — THE EXPANSION OF REGIONAL KNOWLEDGE — CHAPTER II THE CONTRIBUTION OF WESTERN CHRISTENDOM BEFORE 1100 A. D. — INTRODUCTION — SOURCES — THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE — SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE EARTH — ZONES AND THE ANTIPODES — PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY — THE MEDIEVAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS LANDSCAPE AND SCENERY BEFORE 1100 A. D. — MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY — REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY — CHAPTER III THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MOSLEMS — SOURCES — ASTRONOMICAL GEOGRAPHY; THEORIES OF THE TIDES — ARABIC EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL — CHAPTER IV THE SOURCES FOR THE PERIOD 1100–1250 A. D. — INTRODUCTION — THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS — TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ARABIC; WORKS WRITTEN UNDER ARABIC INFLUENCE; ARISTOTELIANISM AND ITS OPPONENTS — ENCYCLOPEDIC WORKS — HISTORIES, CHRONICLES, SAGAS, EPIC POEMS — LEGENDS — PILGRIM NARRATIVES; MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF TRAVEL — TOPOGRAPHICAL WORKS — MAPS — CHAPTER V THE PLACE OF GEOGRAPHY IN THE MEDIEVAL CLASSIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE — Geography Included Under Geometry — Geography Included Under Astrology — Geography and the Aristotelian Division of Learning
7. 7.PART II THE SUBSTANCE AND CHARACTER OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL LORE OF THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES — CHAPTER VI COSMOGONY, COSMOLOGY, AND COSMOGRAPHY — GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE COSMOLOGY AND NATURAL SCIENCE OF THE PERIOD — THE CREATION — MACROCOSM AND MICROCOSM — SHAPE, MOVEMENTS, AND SIZE OF THE EARTH — ZONES, THE ANTIPODES, AND “CLIMATA” — CHAPTER VII THE ATMOSPHERE — METEOROLOGY — CLIMATOLOGY — CHAPTER VIII THE WATERS — THE WATERS ABOVE THE FIRMAMENT — THE CONGREGATION OF WATERS — THE OCEANS AND SEAS — THE WATERS OF THE LANDS — CHAPTER IX THE LANDS — CLASSIFICATION OF LAND AREAS — MOUNTAINS — VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES — DESERTS — ISLANDS — INFLUENCES OF GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT — FEELING FOR LANDSCAPE AND SCENERY — CHAPTER X THE ASTRONOMICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE KNOWN WORLD — Phenomena Resulting From Differences in Latitude — “ Climata ” — Geographical Coördinates — Methods of Finding Latitude and Longitude — CHAPTER XI CARTOGRAPHY — INACCURACY — TECHNIQUE — SUMMARY — CHAPTER XII REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY — GENERAL CHARACTER OF REGIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE PERIOD — THE “OIKOUMENE” AS A WHOLE — THE CENTER OF THE “OIKOUMENE” — THE TERRESTRIAL PARADISE — ASIA — AFRICA — THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA — EUROPE — ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN — CHAPTER XIII CONCLUSION — The Outstanding Elements of the Geographical Lore of the Time of the Crusades — Character of the Geographical Lore of the Time of the Crusades
8. 8.NOTES — NOTES — NOTES CHAPTER I THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ANCIENT WORLD — NOTES CHAPTER II THE CONTRIBUTION OF WESTERN CHRISTENDOM BEFORE 1100 A. D. — NOTES CHAPTER III THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MOSLEMS — NOTES CHAPTER IV THE SOURCES FOR THE PERIOD 1100–1250 A. D. — NOTES CHAPTER V THE PLACE OF GEOGRAPHY IN THE MEDIEVAL CLASSIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE — NOTES CHAPTER VI COSMOGONY, COSMOLOGY, AND COSMOGRAPHY — NOTES CHAPTER VII THE ATMOSPHERE — NOTES CHAPTER VIII THE WATERS — NOTES CHAPTER IX THE LANDS — NOTES CHAPTER X THE ASTRONOMICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE KNOWN WORLD — NOTES CHAPTER XI CARTOGRAPHY — NOTES CHAPTER XII REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
9. 9.BIBLIOGRAPHY — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — Bibliographies — Historical Bibliographies — Geographical Bibliographies — Bibliographies of the History of Science — Dictionaries — Manuscripts — Collections of Original Sources — Secondary Works — The Geographical Lore of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages
10. 10.BIBLIOGRAPHY
11. 11.INDEX
12. 12.ERRATA

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