Author: Sir John MandevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville and the Translation of the New Testament
Author: Sir John MandevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Author: John MandevillePublisher: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1647980542
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville is the chronicle of the alleged Sir John Mandeville, an explorer. His travels were first published in the late 14th century, and influenced many subsequent explorers such as Christopher Columbus.
The Book of Marvels and Travels
Author: Sir John MandevillePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199600600
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
In his Book of Marvels and Travels, Sir John Mandeville describes a journey from Europe to Jerusalem and on into Asia, and the many wonderful and monstrous peoples and practices in the East. A captivating blend of fact and fantasy, Mandeville's Book is newly translated in an edition that brings us closer to Mandeville's worldview.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville and the Translation of the New Testament by John Wycliffe
Author: Sir John MandevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE
Author: John Sir MandevillePublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781374159259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The Book of John Mandeville
Author: Sir John MandevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Book of John Mandeville has tended to be neglected by modern teachers and scholars, yet this intriguing and copious work has much to offer the student of medieval literature, history, and culture. [It] was a contemporary bestseller, providing readers with exotic information about locales from Constantinople to China and about the social and religious practices of peoples such as the Greeks, Muslims, and Brahmins. The Book first appeared in the middle of the fourteenth century and by the next century could be found in an extraordinary range of European languages: not only Latin, French, German, English, and Italian, but also Czech, Danish, and Irish. Its wide readership is also attested by the two hundred fifty to three hundred medieval manuscripts that still survive today. Chaucer borrowed from it, as did the Gawain-poet in the Middle English Cleanness, and its popularity continued long after the Middle Ages.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Author: Sir John MandevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armenia
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The travels of Sir John Mandeville and the translation of the New Testament by John Wycliffe
Author: Sir John MandevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Utopianism: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Lyman Tower SargentPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191614424
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
There are many debates about utopia - What constitutes a utopia? Are utopias benign or dangerous? Is the idea of utopianism essential to Christianity or heretical? What is the relationship between utopia and ideology? This Very Short Introduction explores these issues and examines utopianism and its history. Lyman Sargent discusses the role of utopianism in literature, and in the development of colonies and in immigration. The idea of utopia has become commonplace in social and political thought, both negatively and positively. Some thinkers see a trajectory from utopia to totalitarianism with violence an inevitable part of the mix. Others see utopia directly connected to freedom and as a necessary element in the fight against totalitarianism. In Christianity utopia is labelled as both heretical and as a fundamental part of Christian belief, and such debates are also central to such fields as architecture, town and city planning, and sociology among many others Sargent introduces and summarizes the debates over the utopia in literature, communal studies, social and political theory, and theology. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author: John Mandeville