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

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 it, en

Subseries Serie occidentale e-ISSN 2610-9441 ISSN 2610-945X