Medieval and Modern Philologies

Pratiche di scrittura e contesti culturali intorno a Marco Polo

crossmark logo

open access | peer reviewed

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 Pilgrimage accountVeniceQuinsay chapterIdeologyRealityOfficeAlbertino MussatoIndirect traditionGiovanni e PaoloLexyconDominicansMedieval literatureHoly LandPadovaTaxationUmanesimo italianoFrancesco PipinoYuan dynastyChancellaryThirteenth-century VenicePolitical economyDevisement dou mondePublic worksSSSecond redactionEst-West relationsVeneziaPace da FerraraMarco PoloDominican OrderPublic documentMilitaryMissions to AsiaLatin versionsTranslationCrusades and literatureManuscripts and text transmissionMedieval VenetiaPietro CalòBonincontro de' BoviHagiographyInstitutional structureSpiritualityDominican friarsIndian divination

Thema codes DSBB3KL1DST-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