* A point of entry into the study of landscapes and environments of the middle ages for non-specialists this book explores the cultural ways that people in the middle ages made landscape and thought about the nonhuman worlds in which they lived providing students with the perfect introduction to this new field.
* Examines a diverse range of environments, ranging from fields, fens, and forests to desert wastelands, castles and fortifications, from rivers and oceans to towns and cities, and from the depths of hell to the heights of heaven. Allowing students to see the range of ways that people in the Middle Ages interacted with the world around them.
* Provides a wide range of primary source material, including evidence from texts, material culture, and visual arts, this book reflects the diversity of landscapes and human responses to them throughout the course of the middle ages, enabling students to see examples of the themes discussed in the book and provides lecturers with sources to critique in their seminars.