John Critchley
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
240
1993
Marco Polo and his book may seem to have been well served by scholars yet the majority have been concerned to write about his travels in Asia what he did or did not see and how useful he is as a source on the East. John Critchley?s subject on the other hand is the text of Polo?s book itself and the political and ideological context - the crusades the Mongol missions the French presence in Italy - in which it was put together by its author(s) and read by its audience.
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
240
1993
Marco Polo and his book may seem to have been well served by scholars yet the majority have been concerned to write about his travels in Asia what he did or did not see and how useful he is as a source on the East. John Critchley?s subject on the other hand is the text of Polo?s book itself and the political and ideological context - the crusades the Mongol missions the French presence in Italy - in which it was put together by its author(s) and read by its audience.