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

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 en, it

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