Title: The ‘Book’ of Travels: Genre, Ethnology, and Pilgrimage, 1250-1700
Abstract: Acknowledgments List of Illustrations A Note on Translation Note on Contributors 1. Introduction: Genre, Witness, and Time in the 'Book' of Travels, Palmira Brummett 2. Late Medieval Ambassadors and the Practice of Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1250-1450, Joan-Pau Rubies 3. Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo's Narrative of Courtly Life and Ceremony in Timur's Samarqand, 1404, David J. Roxburgh 4. Copying Maps by Matthew Paris: Itineraries Fit for a King, Daniel K. Connolly 5. 'A mirrour of mis-haps,/ A Mappe of Miserie': Dangers, Strangers, and Friends in Renaissance Pilgrimage, Wes Williams 6. Postcards from the Harem: The Cultural Translation of Niccolao Manucci's Book of Travels, Pompa Banerjee Afterword: One Reader Reading, Mary Baine Campbell Bibliography Index
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-04-24
Language: en
Type: book
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