The ‘Book’ of Travels: Genre, Ethnology, and Pilgrimage, 1250-1700 ( 1 )

Publication series ：1

Author： Brummett   Palmira  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9789047428442

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004174986

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004174986

Subject： K1 World History

Keyword： 欧洲史

Language： ENG

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Description

This collection assesses genre, ethnology, and pilgrimage in a set of disparate travel narratives spanning the medieval to early modern eras. It assesses the possibilities for cultural translation as travelers witness, craft, and imagine desired, fearful, and sacred lands.

Chapter

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

A Note on Transliteration

Notes on Contributors

Colour Plates

I. Introduction: Genre, Witness, and Time in the 'Book' of Travels (Palmira Brummett)

II. Late Medieval Ambassadors and the Practice of Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1250–1450 (Joan-Pau Rubiés)

III. Ruy González de Clavijo's Narrative of Courtly Life and Ceremony in Timur's Samarqand, 1404 (David J. Roxburgh)

IV. Copying Maps by Matthew Paris: Itineraries Fit for a King (Daniel K. Connolly)

V. 'A mirrour of mis-haps,/ A Mappe of Miserie': Dangers, Strangers, and Friends in Renaissance Pilgrimage (Wes Williams)

VI. 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

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