Oxford University Press - Medieval English Travel A Critical Anthology - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Medieval English Travel: A Critical Anthology is a comprehensive volume that consists of three sections: concise introductory essays written by leading specialists; an anthology of important and less well - known texts grouped by destination; and a selection of supporting bibliographies organized by type of voyage. This anthology presents some texts for the first time in a modern edition. The first section consists of six companion essays on Places Real and Imagined' Maps and the Organization of Space' Encounters' Codes and Languages' Trade and Exchange' and Politics and Diplomacy'. The organizing principle for the anthology is one of expansive geography. Starting with local English narratives the section moves to France en - route destinations the Holy Land and the Far East. In total the anthology contains twenty - six texts or extracts including new editions of Floris & Blancheflour The Stacions of Rome The Libelle of Englyshe Polycye and Chaucers Squire's Tale' in addition to less familiar texts such as Osbern Bokenham's Mappula Angliae John Kay's Siege of Rhodes 1480, and Richard Torkington's Diaries of Englysshe Travell. The supporting bibliographies in turn take a functional approach to travel and support the texts by elucidating contexts for travel and travellers in five areas: 'commercial voyages' 'diplomatic and military travel' 'maps rutters and charts' 'practical needs languages and currencies' and 'religious voyages'.
Title: Medieval English Travel A Critical Anthology
Brand: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192848604
Pages: 528 Pages, 4 Halftones
Publication Date: 11/1/2021
Category: Medieval History