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Trees as Symbol and Metaphor in the Middle Ages: Comparative Contexts

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Trees as Symbol and Metaphor in the Middle Ages: Comparative Contexts - Bintley, Michael (Editor), and Salonius, Pippa (Editor), and Akkach, Samer, Professor (Contributions by)
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Highlights human encounters with the forest and its trees at the time of the European Middle Ages, when their lofty boughs were weighted with meaning. Forests, with their interlacing networks of trees and secret patterns of communication, are powerful entities for thinking-with. A majestic terrestrial community of arboreal others, their presence echoes, entangles, and resonates deeply with the human world. The chapters interrogate the pre-Anthropocene environment, reflecting on trees as metaphors for kinship and knowledge ...

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Trees as Symbol and Metaphor in the Middle Ages: Comparative Contexts 2024, Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge

ISBN-13: 9781843846642

Hardcover