Broader horizons
Subtitle: a study of Johannes Witte de Hese's Itinerarius and medieval travel narratives
By: Scott D. Westrem.
Contributors: Joannes, de Hese, 14th/15th cent.
Series: Medieval Academy books ;; no. 105
Publisher: Medieval Academy of America
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng; dum; lat
Number of pages: 359
Subjects: Joannes, de Hese, 14th/15th cent.; Prester John (Legendary character); Travel in literature.; Travel, Medieval.; Geography, Medieval, in literature.; Palestine -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; Middle East -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; Ethiopia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; Africa -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Latin text with Middle Dutch and English translations; editorial matter in English.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-327) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter One. The Itinerarius: Content and Context; title: Chapter Two. Authorship and Reception of the Itinerarius; title: Chapter Three. The Textual Tradition of the Itinerarius; title: Chapter Four. The Latin Text of the Itinerarius; title: Chapter Five. The Middle Dutch Translation of the Itineravius; title: Chapter Six. A Modern English Translation of the Itinerariss; title: Chapter Seven. Commentary.