Medieval and Modern Philologies

Pratiche di scrittura e contesti culturali intorno a Marco Polo

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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 Venezia • Pace da Ferrara • Ideology • Pietro Calò • Dominican Order • Indirect tradition • Dominican friars • Est-West relations • Medieval Venetia • Military • Second redaction • Chancellary • Yuan dynasty • Reality • Thirteenth-century Venice • Holy Land • Padova • Indian divination • Francesco Pipino • Quinsay chapter • Bonincontro de' Bovi • Latin versions • Giovanni e Paolo • Medieval literature • Public works • Political economy • Devisement dou monde • Crusades and literature • Dominicans • Pilgrimage account • Umanesimo italiano • Hagiography • Missions to Asia • Translation • Lexycon • Albertino Mussato • Office • Marco Polo • Spirituality • Venice • Public document • Manuscripts and text transmission • Institutional structure • Taxation • SS

Thema codes DSBB • 3KL • 1DST-IT-NVE

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