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1. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by John, Sir, 1300-1399? Mandeville | |
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(1997-01-01)
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A Classic Text of Medieval Literature
anarchy and imagination Together with this book I recommend the popular VOYAGE OF ST BRENDAN by Benedeiz, an earlier, twelfth-century text about the adventures of an Irish monk who never got tired of looking for fantastic islands on his tiny boat. The anarchy and imagination of the Middle-Ages always seems more fantastic when we read the original medieval authors directly. This is a medieval best-seller for all.
The curious history of John Mandeville During his lifetime, and for a couple of centuries afterwards, Mandeville was by far the more famous of the two.A copy of Mandeville - but not Polo - was in the possession of Leonardo da Vinci. More telling, about 300 manuscripts (hand-written copies) of Mandeville survive, compared to only about 70 of Polo. What accounts for Mandeville's reversals of fortune? Mandeville (or someone calling himself that) wrote his book about 1356, or shortly thereafter. Its original tile was "The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Knight," but is now generally known as "Travels of Sir John Mandeville." Polo's book, originally titled, "Descriptions of the World," came out about 1300. Whereas Mandeville wrote his book himself, Polo used the services of a professional writer, Rusticello, who in turn based the book on Polo's notebooks. (Mandeville is the better written.) Standards of what constitutes a historical/geographic work have greatly changed. Both books -- but especially Mandeville -- contain a fascinating pastiche of facts (often distorted), impressions, opinions, and utterly fantastic claims. Reading Mandeville today, one is left with a bewildering farrago of National Geographic and supermarket tabloids. As the Age of Exploration progressed, reliable geographic, historic, and economic data came to be more highly valued than fantastic tales. Since Polo's book was found to be the more reliable its reputation increased. Mandeville, on the other hand, came to be seen as a "teller of tall tales," a kind of Baron Munchhausen. Indeed, today many historians question whether the man "Mandeville" really existed.Most believe that the person who wrote "Mandeville" never actually traveled to the placed he describes, and obtained his material from other sources. He took the identity of "Sir John Mandeville" to bolster his credibility. (Recently there have been attempts to "rehabilitate" Mandeville.) What is their relevance today? Except in a narrow historical context, I would say that Mandeville is definitely the more interesting. What Mandeville lacks in historic and geographic accuracy, he more than makes up by his insight into what continually fascinates mankind - both then and now. A considerable portion of Mandeville can be fairly equated to today's Elvis sightings, or to the woman from Ohio who has the spaceman's baby. We are too immersed in our contemporary world to clearly see what is behind such phenomena; but looking back at Mandeville's world our vision greatly improves. Consider: Mandeville tells of a society in which women often have snakes in their ...uhm...private parts. In order to protect themselves their men hire the services of professional "testers." As absurd as this all sounds, could Mandeville actually be describing some venereal disease? Another example: could the various human monstrosities described by Mandeville (people with dog's heads, etc.) have modern counterparts in television's Star Trek? The Penguin book would be improved by additional maps and illustrations -- unfortunately this would increase the cost. ... Read more |
2. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Anonymous | |
Paperback: 176
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(2004-06-30)
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3. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville and The Journals of Friar Odoric. Heron Great Explorers Series by Sir John Mandeville | |
Hardcover:
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(1970)
Asin: B000YDMW0O Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
4. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (Penguin Classics) by John Mandeville | |
Paperback:
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(1984)
Asin: B000OJ7YLK Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
5. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by E.C. Coleman | |
Paperback: 240
Pages
(2006-05-01)
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6. Mandeville's Medieval Audiences: A Study on the Reception of the Book of Sir John Mandeville (1371-1550) by Rosemary Tzanaki | |
Hardcover: 312
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(2003-06)
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7. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Author Unknown | |
Paperback: 188
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(2007-07-12)
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8. The Mythological Travels of a modern Sir John Mandeville, being an account of the Magic, Meatballs, and other Monkey Business Peculiar to the Sojourn ... together with divers speculations thereon by Daniel Spoerri | |
Hardcover: 278
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(1970)
Isbn: 087110041X Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
9. THE TRAVES OF SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE | |
Paperback:
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(1964)
Asin: B000GQVSF4 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
10. Sir John Mandeville the Man & His Book by Malcolm Letts | |
Hardcover:
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(0000)
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11. A Compendium of English Literature, Chronilogically Arranged from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper by Charles D. Cleveland | |
Hardcover:
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(1851)
Asin: B000J4Y2F6 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
12. A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper by Charles D. Cleveland | |
Hardcover:
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(1874)
Asin: B00115P7DI Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
13. A Compendium Of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged From Sir John Mandeville To William Cowper | |
Paperback: 768
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(2007-01-17)
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14. A compendium of English literature, chronologically arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper. Consisting of biographical sketches of the authors, ... illustrative, and directing to the best ed by Michigan Historical Reprint Series | |
Paperback: 766
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(2005-12-21)
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15. Sir John Mandeville: English Writers of the Late Middle Ages (Authors of the Middle Ages, No 1) by M. C. Seymour | |
Paperback: 60
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(1993-02)
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16. THE REDISCOVERY OF SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE by Josephine Waters. Bennett | |
Paperback:
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(1971)
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17. A COMPENDIUM OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, FROM SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE TO WILLIAM COWPER by Charles D., Ed. Cleveland | |
Leather Bound:
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(1854)
Asin: B000V3ONPY Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
18. The travels of Sir John Mandeville;: The version of the Cotton manuscript in modern spelling, with three narratives, in illustration of it, from Hakluyt's ... discoveries." (Library of English classics) by John Mandeville | |
Unknown Binding: 390
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(1905)
Asin: B00088ME6M Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
19. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Unknown Author Unknown | |
Paperback: 188
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(2005-03-30)
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20. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Author Unknown | |
Hardcover: 188
Pages
(2007-10-12)
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