Travellers, Intellectuals, and the World Beyond Medieval Europe

Szerző: James Muldoon

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: Taylor & Francis Ltd

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As the articles reprinted in this volume demonstrate, medieval men and women were curious about the...

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Szerző

James Muldoon

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2010

oldal

406

EAN

9780754659747

ISBN

0754659747

Enbook ID

04680489

Kiadó

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Súly

998

Méretek

171 x 250 x 31

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As the articles reprinted in this volume demonstrate, medieval men and women were curious about the world around them. They wanted to hear about distant lands and the various peoples who inhabited them. Travellers' tales, factual such as that of Marco Polo, and fictional, such as Chaucer's famous pilgrimage, entertained audiences across Europe. Colorful mappaemundi placed in churches illustrated these other lands and peoples for those who could not read. Medieval travel literature was not only entertaining, however, it was also informative, generating proto - ethnological information about the world beyond Latin Christendom that provided useful guidance for those such as merchants and missionaries who intended to travel abroad. Merchants learned about safe travel routes to foreign lands, about dangers to be avoided on the roads and at sea, about cultural practices that might interfere with their attempts at trade, and about products that would be suitable for foreign markets. Churchmen read the reports of missionaries to understand the beliefs of Muslims and other non-believers in order to debate with them and to learn their languages. These articles illustrate how travellers' reports in turn shaped the European response to the world beyond Europe, and are set in context in the editor's introduction.

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