The so-called Travels of Sir John Mandeville (c. 1356) was one of
the most popular books of the late Middle-Ages. Translated into
many European languages and widely circulating in both manuscript
and printed forms, the pseudo English knight's account had a
lasting influence on the voyages of discovery and durably affected
Europe's perception of exotic lands and peoples. The early modern
period witnessed the slow erosion of Mandeville's prestige as an
authority and the gradual development of new responses to his book.
Some still supported the account's general claim to authenticity
while questioning details here and there, and some openly denounced
it as a hoax. After considering the general issues of edition and
reception of Mandeville in an opening section, the volume moves on
to explore theological and epistemological concerns in a second
section, before tackling literary and dramatic reworkings in a
final section. Examining in detail a diverse range of texts and
issues, these essays ultimately bear witness to the complexity of
early modern engagements with a late medieval legacy which
Mandeville emblematises. -- .
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