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

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