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Medieval Ethnographies - European Perceptions of the World Beyond (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Medieval Ethnographies - European Perceptions of the World Beyond (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: The Expansion of Latin Europe, 1000-1500
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From the twelfth century, a growing sense of cultural confidence in
the Latin West (at the same time that the central lands of Islam
suffered from numerous waves of conquest and devastation) was
accompanied by the increasing importance of the genre of empirical
ethnographies. From a a global perspective what is most distinctive
of Europe is the genre's long-term impact rather than its mere
empirical potential, or its ethnocentrism (all of which can also be
found in China and in Islamic cultures). Hence what needs
emphasizing is the multiplication of original writings over time,
their increased circulation, and their authoritative status as a
'scientific' discourse. The empirical bent was more characteristic
of travel accounts than of theological disputations - in fact, the
less elaborate the theological discourse, the stronger the
ethnographic impulse (although many travel writers were clerics).
This anthology of classic articles in the history of medieval
ethnographies illustrates this theme with reference to the contexts
and genres of travel writing, the transformation of enduring myths
(ranging from oriental marvels to the virtuous ascetics of India or
Prester John), the practical expression of particular encounters
from the Mongols to the Atlantic, and the various attempts to
explain cultural differences, either through the concept of
barbarism, or through geography and climate.
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