The "book" of travels: genre, ethnology, and pilgrimage, 1250 - 1700
Introduction: Genre, witness, and time in the "book" of travels / Palmira Brummett -- Late medieval ambassadors and the practice of cross-cultural encounters, 1250-1450 / Joan-Pau Rubies -- Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo's Narrative of courtly life and ceremony in Timur's Samarqand, 140...
| Summary: | Introduction: Genre, witness, and time in the "book" of travels / Palmira Brummett -- Late medieval ambassadors and the practice of cross-cultural encounters, 1250-1450 / Joan-Pau Rubies -- Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo's Narrative of courtly life and ceremony in Timur's Samarqand, 1404 / David J. Roxburgh -- Copying maps by Matthew Paris : itineraries fit for a king / Daniel K. Connolly -- "A mirrour of mis-haps, a mappe of miserie" : dangers, strangers, and friends in Renaissance pilgrimage / Wes Williams -- Postcards from the harem : the cultural translation of Niccolao Manucci's Book of travels / Pompa Banerjee -- Afterword: One reader reading / Mary Baine Campbell |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XVI, XIX, 329 S, Ill., Kt |
| ISBN: | 9004174982 |