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The East and West in Late Medieval Travel

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This book traces the history of encounter between Eastern and Western cultures by closely examining a body of medieval travel writings penned or related by Europeans and by inhabitants of East Asia. Whilst these texts are usually considered in the context of kindred European or Chinese literature, this study will make a case for considering them as a common literature of medieval encounters with foreign people. For the modern historian writing in a world that so consciously thinks of itself as global, these accounts offer a precious lens through which to enter into the world before globalization. In particular, the book shows that these narratives show the similarity in how Eastern and Western travellers thought and behaved in the face of difference, and will show that individuals often held somewhat different views, shaped by their particular experience or agendas, than those of their government or of local cultural convention.
Request Code : ZLIBIO4399677
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Year:
2024
Publisher:
Cambridge Scholars Press
Language:
English
Pages:
221
ISBN 10:
1527576868
ISBN 13:
9781527576865
ISBN:
1527576868,9781527576865

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