Description |
1 online resource (211 pages) |
Series |
The Middle Ages series |
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Middle Ages series
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Contents |
Conquest, Conversion, Crusade, Salvation : The Discourse of Anthropology and Its Uses in the Medieval Period -- Subjective Beginnings : Autoethnography and the Partial Gazes of Gerald of Wales -- Writing Ethnography "In the Eyes of the Other" : William of Rubruck's Mission to Mongolia -- Casting a "Sideways Glance" at the Crusades : The Voice of the Other in Joinville's Vie de Saint Louis -- Dis-Orienting the Self : The Uncanny Travels of John Mandeville -- Conclusion |
Summary |
Challenging the traditional conception of medieval Europe as insular and xenophobic, this book looks to early ethnographic writers who were surprisingly aware of their own otherness, especially when faced with the far-flung peoples and cultures they meant to describe |
Analysis |
Cultural Studies |
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History |
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Literature |
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Medieval and Renaissance Studies |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Authors, Medieval -- Attitudes
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Civilization, Medieval.
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East and West -- History -- To 1500
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Ethnology -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
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Travel, Medieval -- History -- Sources
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Travelers' writings, European -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval.
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Civilization, Medieval
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East and West
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Ethnology
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Travel, Medieval
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Travelers' writings, European
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Europe
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Sources
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0812208978 |
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1322513732 |
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9781322513737 |
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9780812208979 |
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