Monarchs Ministers And Maps
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Monarchs Ministers And Maps
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Author : David Buisseret
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1992-12-15
Monarchs Ministers And Maps written by David Buisseret and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-12-15 with History categories.
These diverse essays investigate political factors behind the rapid development of cartography in Renaissance Europe and its impact on emerging European nations. By 1500 a few rulers had already discovered that better knowledge of their lands would strengthen their control over them; by 1550, the cartographer's art had become an important instrument for bringing territories under the control of centralized government. Throughout the following century increasing governmental reliance on maps demanded greater accuracy and more sophisticated techniques. This volume, a detailed survey of the political uses of cartography between 1400 and 1700 in Europe, answers these questions: When did monarchs and ministers begin to perceive that maps could be useful in government? For what purposes were maps commissioned? How accurate and useful were they? How did cartographic knowledge strengthen the hand of government? By focusing on particular places and periods in early modern Europe, the chapters offer new insights into the growth of cartography as a science, the impetus behind these developments - often rulers attempting to expand their power - and the role of mapmaking in European history. The essay on Poland reveals that cartographic progress came only under the impetus of powerful rulers; another explores the French monarchy's role in the burst of scientific cartography that marked the opening of the "splendid century". Additional chapters discuss the profound influence of cartographic ideas on the English aristocracy during the sixteenth century, the relation of progress in mapmaking to imperialistic goals of the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs, and the supposed primacy of Italian mapmakingfollowing the Renaissance. Contributors to this volume are Peter Barber, David Buisseret, John Marino, Michael J. Mikos, Geoffrey Parker, and James Vann. These essays were originally presented as the Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library.
Monarchs Ministers Maps
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Author : James R. Akerman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Monarchs Ministers Maps written by James R. Akerman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Cartography categories.
Rural Images
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Author : David Buisseret
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1996-07
Rural Images written by David Buisseret and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-07 with History categories.
But these hand-drawn maps, often displaying elaborate cartouches and elegant coats of arms, served as far more than mere records of property ownership - they were treasured works of art, exhibited for pleasure and as symbols of wealth, and passed down from generation to generation.
Monarchs And Ministers
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Author : Beatrice S. Bartlett
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1991-01-01
Monarchs And Ministers written by Beatrice S. Bartlett and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with History categories.
"No one in the West knows the archives of China's last dynasty better than Professor Bartlett. Monarchs and Ministers affords us one of the first truly informed views of imperial Chinese policy-making from the inside."--Frederic Wakeman, University of California, Berkeley "Monarchs and Ministers is one of those rare works that commands unanimous assent and constitutes a breakthrough."--Pierre-Henri Durand, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
Rethinking The Power Of Maps
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Author : Denis Wood
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 2010-04-16
Rethinking The Power Of Maps written by Denis Wood and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-16 with Social Science categories.
A contemporary follow-up to the groundbreaking Power of Maps, this book takes a fresh look at what maps do, whose interests they serve, and how they can be used in surprising, creative, and radical ways. Denis Wood describes how cartography facilitated the rise of the modern state and how maps continue to embody and project the interests of their creators. He demystifies the hidden assumptions of map making and explores the promises and limitations of diverse counter-mapping practices today. Thought-provoking illustrations include U.S. Geological Survey maps; electoral and transportation maps; and numerous examples of critical cartography, participatory GIS, and map art. The book will be important reading for geographers and others interested in maps and their political uses. It will also serve as a supplemental text in advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses such as Cartography, GIS, Geographic Thought, and History of Geography.
The New Nature Of Maps
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Author : J. B. Harley
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2002-10-03
The New Nature Of Maps written by J. B. Harley and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-03 with History categories.
In these essays the author draws on ideas in art history, literature, philosophy and the study of visual culture to subvert the traditional 'positivist' model of cartography and replace it with one grounded in an iconological and semiotic theory of the nature of maps.
Royal And Republican Sovereignty In Early Modern Europe
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Author : Robert Oresko
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-01-30
Royal And Republican Sovereignty In Early Modern Europe written by Robert Oresko and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-30 with History categories.
A collection of illustrated essays on sovereignty and political power in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe.
When France Was King Of Cartography
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Author : Christine Marie Petto
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2007-02-23
When France Was King Of Cartography written by Christine Marie Petto and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-23 with History categories.
When France Was King of Cartography investigates over a thousand maps and nearly two dozen map producers, analyzes the map as a cultural artifact, map producers as a group, and the array of map viewers over the course of two centuries in France. The book focuses on situated knowledge or 'localized' interests reflected in these geographical productions. Through the lens of mapmaking, it examines the relationship between power and the practice of patronage, geography, and commerce in early modern France.
War In International Thought
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Author : Jens Bartelson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018
War In International Thought written by Jens Bartelson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
Describes how assumptions about the nature of war have shaped our understanding of the modern world and the role of war within it.
Mapping And Charting In Early Modern England And France
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Author : Christine Petto
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2015-03-26
Mapping And Charting In Early Modern England And France written by Christine Petto and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-26 with Philosophy categories.
This book is a comparative study of the production and role of maps, charts, and atlases in early modern England and France with a particular focus on Paris and London.