East meets West in the Middle Ages and early modern times : transcultural experiences in the premodern world /

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"This volume explores the often problematic, but also productive relationships between East and West during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age, focusing on literary and pragmatic texts, scientific exchanges, strategies to build bridges to the other culture, and on parallel cultural develo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Classen, Albrecht (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]
Colección:Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture ; 14.
Temas:
To 1500
East and West > History > To 1500.
Middle Ages > Historiography.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Moyen Âge > Historiographie.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
HISTORY > World.
East and West
International relations
Literature, Medieval
Middle Ages > Historiography
Europe > Relations > Asia.
Asia > Relations > Europe.
Europe > Relations > Asie.
Asie > Relations > Europe.
Asia
Europe
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • New voices reflecting contacts between Latin-Europa and the Muslim world
  • Xenology and intercultural research
  • Orientalism, postcolonial studies, and the premodern world
  • Economic, political, and cultural connections: ignored but significant features under the radar screen
  • Literary reflections on the foreign in medieval literature
  • Arab writers, geographers, and travelers
  • St. Francis of Assisi's attempt to reach out to the Saracens: the first peaceful missionizing in the thirteenth century
  • The Christian perspective: pilgrimage to the Holy Land a first step into a vast field
  • The diplomat pilgrim Bertrandon de la Broquière
  • The helpful Saracen in Margery Kempe's Book: a mystical woman's perception of the foreign world
  • Locations of contacts between East and West
  • Travel as a medium of cultural contacts
  • Curiosity among Muslim travelers?
  • Jewish travelers in the Middle Ages
  • A parallel Christian travel account and literary narrative: Fortunatus
  • Jewish communities in the diaspora
  • Historical contacts between East and West
  • Rabbi Petachia of Ratisbona
  • Additional Jewish perspectives
  • Christian Pilgrim narratives in the late Middle Ages
  • The most astute observer and reporter: Felix Fabri
  • A brief comparison with Giovanni Boccaccio: Decameron
  • Trouble and conflicts: Christian pilgrims and Muslim population
  • Bernhard von Breydenbach's Peregrinatio
  • Other contacts and contact zones
  • Europeans and the Ottoman World
  • Anton von Pforr's German adaptation of Indian literature: cross-cultural experiences in the late Middle Ages
  • Origin and framework of this volume
  • Summaries of the contributions and critical reflections
  • Conclusion and outlook

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