The unknown sea, the devilish kite and the heavenly ties: the eyes of the scientist of the northern France of the X century

The book is the experience of studying one of the aspects of the worldview of the medieval European of the turn of the first and second millennia - the perception of nature and understanding their own relationships with the "natural environment". The options for understanding the word "nature" and its synonyms are considered, the ideas of people of the past are reconstructed about the components into which the surrounding world breaks up, and the model "Orbis Terrarium", which is consisting of these elements. Close attention is paid to the analysis of the emotional and aesthetic attitude of man of the Middle Ages to nature, to identify the characteristics of the literary language of the Latin literature of the XI century. An important place in the study is occupied by those whose views are studied primarily - scientific monks. Among them stand out Herbert Orilyak, Richer Reims, Dudon Saint-Kanten and many other Clips "Renaissance of the X century." The book is addressed to medievists - historians, philologists, culturalists, as well as everyone interested in the Latin Middle Ages