Writing East : : The "Travels" of Sir John Mandeville / / Iain Macleod Higgins.
No work revealed more of the mysterious East to statesmen, explorers, readers, and writers of the late Middle Ages than the Book of John Mandeville. One of the most widely circulated documents of its day, it first appeared in French between 1356 and 1371 and was soon translated into nine other Europ...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Here Begins the Book of John Mandeville, Knight
- 3. "Chases Estranges" in Constantinople and the Eastern Mediterranean
- 4. Marvels, Miracles, and Dreams of Re-Expansion in Egypt and the Holy Land
- 5. Earthly Symmetry and the Mirror of Marvelous Diversity in and Around Ynde
- 6. Faith and Power in the Great Khan's Cathay and Prester John's Land
- 7. Personal and Pagan Piety in the Direction of Paradise
- 8. Having Come to Rest Despite Myself
- 9. Conclusion
- Notes
- Work Cited
- Index