Le bathyscaphe d'Alexandre. L'homme et la mer au Moyen Age. Préhistoire Papers and Monographs of the

Papers and Monographs of the Amerian Academy in Rome

INTRODUCTION [Georges Soukiassian]

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Humanity is defined by its relationship with death

Le bathyscaphe d'Alexandre. L'homme et la mer au Moyen Age. Préhistoire Papers and Monographs of theIt is home to the whale that swallowed Jonah, the sirens who lost Ulysses' companions, the monsters Charybdis and Scylla; it serves as the setting for the tragic love of Tristan and Isolde; it is crossed by Alexander's submarine and Saint Brendan's ship The sea, in the Middle Ages, is a fantasized, legendary, disturbing universe. It is also a central space in the geography and economy of this period. From Viking expeditions to Portuguese explorations,