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@article{874436,
author = {Valtrová, Jana},
article_location = {Leiden},
article_number = {2},
keywords = {medieval mission to Asia; western imagination; encountering 'the Other'; personal experience vs. traditional imagery},
language = {eng},
issn = {0029-5973},
journal = {Numen : international review for the history of religions},
title = {Beyond the Horizons of Legends. Traditional Imagery and Direct Experience in Medieval Accounts of Asia},
url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/num/2010/00000057/00000002;jsessionid=4bm1nnm83u4rs.victoria},
volume = {57},
year = {2010}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 874436
AU - Valtrová, Jana
PY - 2010
TI - Beyond the Horizons of Legends. Traditional Imagery and Direct Experience in Medieval Accounts of Asia
JF - Numen : international review for the history of religions
VL - 57
IS - 2
SP - 154-185
EP - 154-185
PB - E.J. Brill
SN - 00295973
KW - medieval mission to Asia
KW - western imagination
KW - encountering 'the Other'
KW - personal experience vs. traditional imagery
UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/num/2010/00000057/00000002;jsessionid=4bm1nnm83u4rs.victoria
N2 - 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.
ER -
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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