The 'book' of travels : genre, ethnology, and pilgrimage, 1250-1700 / / edited by Palmira Brummett.

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Superior document:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, v. 140
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 140.
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Physical Description:xvi, 329 p., [20] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.), maps (some col.).
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Other title:Introduction : genre, witness, and time in the 'book' of travels /
Late medieval ambassadors and the practice of cross-cultural encounters, 1250-1450 /
Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo's narrative of courtly life and ceremony in Timur's Samarqand, 1404 /
Copying maps by Matthew Paris : itineraries fit for a king /
'A mirrour of mis-haps, a mappe of miserie' : dangers, strangers, and friends in Renaissance pilgrimage /
Postcards from the harem : the cultural translation of Niccolao Manucci's book of travels /
Afterword : one reader reading /
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-309) and index.
ISBN:9789004174986 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004174982 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISSN:1573-4188 ;
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Palmira Brummett.