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

SeriesStudies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 140
Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 140. ^A632324
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-309) and index.
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LCCN 2009008453
ISBN9789004174986 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9004174982 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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