Between language and space. Descriptions of the medieval townscape in late medieval Old Warsaw

• Autorzy: Urszula Zachara-Związek
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article presents and compares ways of describing the urban space of late medieval Old Warsaw found in sources of municipal and ducal provenance. The main types of objects present in each of the mentioned source categories, appearing in the function of the object of legal action or as a reference point, have been identified. Schemes for identifying objects are described, using the objects’ proper names and/or reference to other points in the urban space. Linguistic issues related to the way urban space was described are also discussed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

urban space; Old Warsaw; late Middle Ages; council and bench books; ducal privileges

• Wydawca: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Historická geografie (Historical Geography)
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: 48
• Numer: 2
• Strony: 95-112
• Rodzaj publikacji: ARTICLE

Twórcy

autor

Urszula Zachara-Związek

• Historická geografie, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic