Medieval and Modern Philologies

Series | Medieval and Modern Philologies
Volume 33 | Edited book | Pratiche di scrittura e contesti culturali intorno a Marco Polo

Pratiche di scrittura e contesti culturali intorno a Marco Polo

open access | peer reviewed
    edited by
  • Marcello Bolognari - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email
  • Antonio Montefusco - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - 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 DominicansSecond redactionPietro CalòMedieval literatureAlbertino MussatoSSPolitical economyPilgrimage accountLexyconInstitutional structureYuan dynastyBonincontro de' BoviPublic documentVeniceIdeologyEst-West relationsLatin versionsTranslationHoly LandCrusades and literatureIndian divinationSpiritualityDevisement dou mondePublic worksMissions to AsiaPadovaMedieval VenetiaQuinsay chapterThirteenth-century VeniceFrancesco PipinoIndirect traditionOfficeTaxationPace da FerraraMilitaryGiovanni e PaoloChancellaryMarco PoloHagiographyRealityUmanesimo italianoDominican OrderVeneziaDominican friarsManuscripts and text transmission

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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