Beyond the Horizons of Legends. Traditional Imagery and Direct
Experience in Medieval Accounts of Asia

J 2010

Beyond the Horizons of Legends. Traditional Imagery and Direct Experience in Medieval Accounts of Asia

VALTROVÁ, Jana

Basic information

Original name

Beyond the Horizons of Legends. Traditional Imagery and Direct Experience in Medieval Accounts of Asia

Authors

VALTROVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Numen : international review for the history of religions, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 2010, 0029-5973

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/10:00043433

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords (in Czech)

středověké misie do Asie; reprezentace 'jiného'; evropská imaginace; osobní zkušenost vs. tradiční představy

Keywords in English

medieval mission to Asia; western imagination; encountering 'the Other'; personal experience vs. traditional imagery

Abstract

V originále

The article deals with several medieval travel accounts of Asia, which were produced in 12th and 13th c. by several Franciscan and Dominican missionaries. The aim of the article is to analyze the encounter of European travelers' 'traditional' ideas about Asia with the actual reality. Did the friars mostly rely on their anticipations, or were they open to new information, even if this could destroy views often advocated by eminent authorities? It is argued that the friars' medieval travel accounts reflect a shift from imagination towards gradual encounter and exploration. In these reports the imagined fabulous East gradually turned into an explored reality.

Links

GP401/08/P347, research and development project

Name: Obraz jinověrců ve středověkých cestopisech do Asie

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, The image of non-Christians in medieval travel accounts of Asia

Citovat

VALTROVÁ, Jana. Beyond the Horizons of Legends. Traditional Imagery and Direct Experience in Medieval Accounts of Asia. Numen : international review for the history of religions. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2010, vol. 57, No 2, p. 154-185. ISSN 0029-5973.

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VALTROVÁ, Jana. Beyond the Horizons of Legends. Traditional Imagery and Direct Experience in Medieval Accounts of Asia. \textit{Numen : international review for the history of religions}. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2010, vol.~57, No~2, p.~154-185. ISSN~0029-5973.

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