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The article examines the influence of urbanism and commerce on medieval Sanskrit and Malayalam–Sanskrit literature of medieval Kerala. Conversely, it examines how urban life and commerce appeared to the authors of these texts.

Some types of literature created in the Islamic world and Europe during the medieval period describe Goryeo's topography as an island or a group of islands instead of a peninsula. Such records have been mentioned several times in diverse fields, including history, geography, and cartography. This study reviewed medieval Islamic literature and European literature published in the Islamic world and Europe, respectively, over hundreds of years. It organized records describing Goryeo, as well as Silla and Joseon—kingdoms established before and after Goryeo, respectively—as an island or group of islands and analyzed the background that caused medieval Arab and European people to regard these places as such. The analytical results indicate that the background for medieval Arab and European people's perception of the Korean Peninsula as an island or group of islands differed by region and period. This study's results suggest that these inaccurate records on Silla, Goryeo, and Joseon were created because writers who never traveled to the Korean Peninsula referred to false knowledge passed down from their ancestors and unreliable information directly or indirectly obtained from adjacent countries. They mixed fictitious and factual stories when writing their books.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction / Wagner, Ricarda / Neufeld, Christine -- Literary Inscriptions Across Europe -- Writing Between Stillness And Movement: Script-Bearing Artefacts In Courtly German Literature / Ott, Michael R. / Velte, Laura -- Inscriptions In Old Norse Literature / Schulz, Katja -- Inscriptions In British Literature: From Runes To The Rise Of Public Poetry / Wagner, Ricarda / Neufeld, Christine -- Old French Narrated Inscriptions / Schultz, Sascha A. / Roebling-Grau, Iris -- Inscriptions In Italian Literature / De Roberto, Elisa -- Inscriptions On The Iberian Peninsula: Material Script And Narrative Logic In Castilian And Catalan Literatures / Béreiziat-Lang, Stephanie -- Materials -- Culture In Nature: Writing On Wood / Ott, Michael R. -- Inscriptions On Stone / Schultz, Sascha A. -- From Tattoo To Stigma: Writing On Body And Skin / Ott, Michael R. / Béreiziat-Lang, Stephanie -- Woven Words, Embroidered Stories: Inscriptions On Textiles / Lieb, Ludger -- Artefacts -- Writing Spaces: Inscriptions On Architecture / Neufeld, Christine -- Tablets And The Poetics Of The Premodern Post-It / Wagner, Ricarda -- Sepulchral Representation: Inscribed Tombs And Narrated Epitaphs In The High Middle Ages / Velte, Laura -- Text-Bearing Warriors: Inscriptions On Weapons / Ott, Michael R. -- More Than Bling: Inscribed Jewellery Between Social Distinction, Amatory Gift-Giving, And Spiritual Practice / Witt, Christoph -- A Cabinet Of Curiosities -- A Cabinet Of Curiosities / Wagner, Ricarda -- Indices

Front matter; Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Medieval and medievalist practice; The space of time and the medievalist imaginary; Wonderful things; Fear, error and death: The abjection of the Middle Ages; Loving the past; Discontent in the age of mechanical reproduction; Bibliography; Primary sources; Secondary works; Index

"This is the first book-length study of the influential cultural and religious exchanges which took place between England and Bohemia following Richard II's marriage to Anne of Bohemia in 1382. The ensuing growth in communication between the two kingdoms initially enabled new ideas of religion to flourish in both countries but eventually led the English authorities to suppress heresy. This exciting project has been made possible by the discovery of new manuscripts after the opening up of Czech archives over the past twenty years. It is the only study to analyze the Lollard-Hussite exchange with an eye to the new opportunities for international travel and correspondence to which the Great Schism gave rise, and examines how the use of propaganda and The Council of Constance brought an end to this communication by securing the condemnation of heretics such as John Wyclif"--