Why are there so many monstrous races at the edges of the world?

Medieval Europe had a special kind of genius for imagining that the world beyond its borders was full of strange creatures that no one in their right mind would want to meet on a dark night. If you couldn’t see it with your own eyes, the logic went, it was probably teeming with things that …

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What are medieval maps, and why are they so fascinating? An Introduction to Maps & Monsters

In an age long before GPS and satellite imagery, medieval maps served as humanity’s imaginative landscapes: A means of navigating not just physical space, but moral and spiritual worlds as well. Unlike modern maps, these works of art and thought weren’t meant to be geographically precise. Instead, they were a synthesis of faith, philosophy, and …

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