The Self-Made Map: Cartographic Writing in Early Modern France by Tom Conley. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A. 2011. 392 pp., illus. Paper. ISBN 978-0-8166-7448-0. The Face of the Earth: Natural Landscapes, Science and Culture by SueEllen Campbell. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2011, U.S.A., 334 pp. Trade. ISBN: 978-0-520-26926-2; paper and e-book ISBN: 978-0-520-26927-9

Leonardo ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-105
Author(s):  
Mike Leggett
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
The Self ◽  
University Of California ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Early Modern France ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Modern France ◽  
Natural Landscapes ◽  
Science And Culture ◽  
The Face

Lettering the Self in Medieval and Early Modern France

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-524
Author(s):  
F. H. M. Le Saux
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
The Self ◽  
Early Modern France ◽  
Modern France

The saints of the entrails and the bowels of the earth

2018 ◽  
pp. 311-331
Author(s):  
Jacques Gélis
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Early Modern France ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Modern France

This article explores the texts and visual representations of the ‘saints of the bowels’ in order to establish an anthropological classification of aching bellies in early-modern France. A web of symbols is found in the materiality of the viscera. Thus, this article argues that representations of the belly as cave-like mirrors some images of the bowels of the earth. The “Saints of the Entrails”, St Erasmus and St Mammes, and Saint Elmo, all of whom were eviscerated during their martyrdom, represented many popular beliefs of rural communities who conflated images of the soil and images of the belly.

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