Medieval and Modern Philologies

Pratiche di scrittura e contesti culturali intorno a Marco Polo

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open access | peer reviewed
    edited by
  • Marcello Bolognari - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email
  • Antonio Montefusco - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia; Université de Lorraine, France - email orcid profile

Abstract
This volume, in ten chapters, interrogates the relationship between Marco Polo, Venice and the Devisement dou monde after his return to the city from Genoese captivity. Since Marco’s book was probably revised and corrected in collaboration with the Dominicans of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, the authors of the chapters seek to define more precisely the cultural framework that made this revision possible and the social and political networks that contributed to it. The early fourteenth century is characterised by major transformations for the city and its protagonists. The connection of these elements into a unified landscape allowed for numerous acquisitions and a new vision.

Keywords VeneziaHagiographySpiritualityDominican OrderLexyconSSVeniceRealityDominican friarsChancellaryMissions to AsiaGiovanni e PaoloHoly LandEst-West relationsIdeologyPadovaIndian divinationPilgrimage accountInstitutional structureBonincontro de' BoviTranslationThirteenth-century VeniceUmanesimo italianoCrusades and literaturePace da FerraraQuinsay chapterPublic worksDominicansMedieval VenetiaOfficeFrancesco PipinoMarco PoloLatin versionsMilitaryPublic documentTaxationAlbertino MussatoMedieval literatureIndirect traditionPietro CalòSecond redactionManuscripts and text transmissionPolitical economyDevisement dou mondeYuan dynasty

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-853-8 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-853-8 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-854-5 | Published April 16, 2025 | Language en, it