Márcia Siqueira de Carvalho

A Different Expression of the Divine: Jewish Knowledge on Geography Spaces in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Uma outra expressão do Divino: O Conhecimento do Espaço Geográfico pelos judeus na Idade Média e no Renascimento

Published in Expressing the Divine: Language, Art and Mysticism

Keywords: Keywords: Geographical Knowledge, Jews, Voyages.

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Voyages, since Antiquity, are important sources for topographical descriptions. Thus, religious persecutions, pilgrimages and commercial routes played a major role for geographical knowledge. This article focuses Jewish geographical knowledge in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.