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The Book of John Mandeville - Couverture souple

 
9781580441131: The Book of John Mandeville
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1580441130 ISBN 13 : 9781580441131
Editeur : Medieval Institute Publications, 2007

Synopsis

The Book of John Mandeville has tended to be neglected by modern teachers and scholars, yet this intriguing and copious work has much to offer the student of medieval literature, history, and culture. [It] was a contemporary bestseller, providing readers with exotic information about locales from Constantinople to China and about the social and religious practices of peoples such as the Greeks, Muslims, and Brahmins. The Book first appeared in the middle of the fourteenth century and by the next century could be found in an extraordinary range of European languages: not only Latin, French, German, English, and Italian, but also Czech, Danish, and Irish. Its wide readership is also attested by the two hundred fifty to three hundred medieval manuscripts that still survive today. Chaucer borrowed from it, as did the Gawain-poet in the Middle English Cleanness, and its popularity continued long after the Middle Ages.

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À propos de l'auteur

C. David Benson is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut.

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Éditeur
Medieval Institute Publications
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1580441130
ISBN 13 
9781580441131
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
188
Éditeur
Kohanski Tamarah, Benson C. David
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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