| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 329 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Series |
Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 140 |
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Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 140.
1573-4188
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-309) and index. |
| 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 Rubiés -- Ruy González 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Europeans -- Travel -- Asia.
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Travelers' writings, European -- History and criticism.
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Literary form -- History.
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Travelers' writings, European -- Themes, motives.
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Ethnology in literature.
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
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Intercultural communication in literature.
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Asia -- Description and travel.
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Asia -- In literature.
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Geography -- Travel.
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TRAVEL.
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| Added Author |
Brummett, Palmira Johnson, 1950-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Book' of travels. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 (DLC) 2009008453 |
| ISBN |
9789047428442 (electronic bk.) |
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9047428447 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004174986.i-332 doi |
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