Medieval Riverscapes - Environment and Memory in Northwest Europe, C. 3001100

In this expansive history Ellen F. Arnold uses saints' lives and miracle stories, poetry, charters, chronicles, and historical narratives to examine how rivers were imagined and ascribed meaning c. 300-1100 CE. Focusing on storytelling across centuries, she explores how environmental experiences were incorporated into pre-modern cultural spaces.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction: Medieval Waters; 200-450: Late Antique Gaul; 1. Poetries of Place; 450-750: The Merovingians; 2. Rivers of Risk; 3. River Resources; 750-950: The Carolingians; 4. Rivers and Memory; 950-1050: The Year 1000 Question; 5. Ruptured Rivers; 6. Meanderings; 1050-1250: A New World?; 7. The Same River Twice.

About the author

Ellen F. Arnold is Associate Professor of Pre-modern Environmental History at the University of Stavanger, Norway. She is the author of Negotiating the Landscape and co-editor of the journal Water History.

Product details

• Authors: Ellen F. (Ohio State University) Arnold, Arnold Ellen F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781009299411
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0929941-1
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: Studies in Environment and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Europe / Western, ART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes, Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge, Medieval History, Social and cultural history, Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge, Western Europe, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Historical Geography, Western Continental Europe, Landscapes / seascapes, ART / European / General