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Mandeville's Medieval Audiences
Rosemary Tzanaki
其他書名
A Study on the Reception of the Book of Sir John Mandeville (1371-1550)
出版
Ashgate
, 2003
主題
History / General
History / Europe / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Military / Naval
History / Europe / Medieval
History / Europe / Renaissance
History / Social History
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Literary Criticism / Books & Reading
Literary Criticism / Medieval
Travel / Asia / General
Travel / Essays & Travelogues
ISBN
0754608468
9780754608462
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dRBbAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The so-called travels of Sir John Mandeville to the Holy Land, India and Cathay were immensely popular throughout Europe during the late medieval period and were translated into nine different languages. This is a detailed study of the audiences of Mandeville's Book, with particular emphasis on its reception in England and France from the time the Book appeared in the 1350s to the mid-16th century. The multiple ways in which audiences interpreted the work, depending on wider social and cultural contexts, are analysed thematically, under the headings of pilgrimage, geography, romance, history and theology, and contrasted with what can be learned of the author's intentions. The book is well-illustrated with images taken from both manuscript and early printed editions: in her study of these and the marginal notes, Rosemary Tzanaki shows their importance for seeing what readers found of interest. Her analysis makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how people in medieval Europe perceived the outside world.