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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Table of Contents:
- 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.