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