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