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The Cambridge guide to global medieval travel writing / edited by Sebastian Sobecki.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Travelers' writings--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings.
- Travelers' writings, European--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings, European.
- Travel writing--History.
- Travel writing.
- Travel in literature.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism.
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 853 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "The Middle Ages laid the foundations for the long European and Middle Eastern history of voyaging, colonialism, and expansion: the Papal embassies that took over a year of overland travel to reach Mongolia, Ibn Battuta's thirty years of voyaging to Africa and East Asia, or the arrival of European colonialism in the Americas. With a focus on medieval Europe, this is the first book to cover global medieval travel writing from Iceland to Indonesia, providing unrivalled insight into the experiences of early travellers. Paying special attention to race, gender and manuscript culture, the volume's vast geographical and linguistic range provides expert coverage of Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Chinese literature. An essential resource for teaching and research, the collection challenges established views of the Middle Ages and Western ideas of history." -- Publisher's description
- Contents:
- Introduction: towards a global history of medieval travel writing / Sebastian Sobecki
- Travel writing in late antiquity / Scott Fitzgerald Johnson
- The crusades / Andrew Jotischky
- Women travellers / Kim M. Phillips
- Rape and violence in medieval travel narratives / Carissa M. Harris
- Making race: from travel writing to discourse / Sierra Lomuto
- Globalising whiteness: transmission, idolatry, and fetishism / Wan-Chuan Kao
- Travel accounts in manuscript and print / Aditi Nafde
- Disabilities in transit / Jonathan Hsy
- Ibn Battuta / Christine Chism
- Jewish travellers / Martin Jacobs
- The Nordic world and the British Isles. Iceland / Sverrir Jakobsson
- Scandinavia / Jonas Wellendorf
- England / Sebastian Sobecki
- Scotland / Daniel Davies
- Ireland / Joseph Falaky Nagy
- Wales / Helen Fulton
- France, Italy, and Iberia. France / Elizaveta Strakhov
- Iberia / Geraldine Hazbun
- Santiago de Compostela / George D. Greenia
- Italy / Theodore J. Cachey, Jr
- Rome / Chiara Sbordoni
- The empire and central Europe. The Holy Roman Empire / Albrecht Classen
- The Teutonic state, Prussia, and the Baltic / Ralf G. Peasler
- Bohemia / Michael Van Dussen
- Hungary / Balaazs Nagy
- Poland-Lithuania, Rus', and Byzantium. Poland and Lithuania / Paul Srodecki
- Rus' / Ralph Cleminson
- Byzantium / Marina Toumpouri
- Africa and the Middle East. West Africa / Iona McCleery
- Jerusalem / Anthony Bale
- Arabia / Shazia Jagot
- Mecca / Karen C. Pinto
- Asia and the Americas. Persia / Ladan Niayesh
- The Mongol empire / Irene Malfatto
- China and India / Sharon Kinoshita
- Chinese travel writing / James M. Hargett
- South-East Asia / Marianne O'Doherty
- The Atlantic and the Americas / Sebastian Sobecki
- Thinking about a world in motion: an afterward / Geraldine Heng.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781108493680
- 1108493688
- 9781108737777
- 1108737773
- OCLC:
- 1500217719
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000258138
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