54 min

Sir John Mandeville 5: Mongols, Mountains, and Myths Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World

    • History

Finishing up with Mandeville's travels, we visit the palace of the Mongol khan, the fortress paradise of the Old Man of the Mountain, and a land that never sees the sun.
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Sources:


Sir John Mandeville: The Book of Marvels and Travels, translated by Anthony Bale. Oxford University Press, 2012.


The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, translated by Charles Moseley. Penguin, 2005.


The Book of John Mandeville, edited by Tamarah Kohanski and C. David Benson. Medieval Institute Publications, 2007. 

Friedman, John Block. The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought. Syracuse University Press, 2000.

Higgins, Iain Macleod. Writing East: The "Travels" of Sir John Mandeville. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.

Jackson, Peter. The Mongols and the West: 1221-1410. Routledge, 2018.

Metlitzki, Dorothee. The Matter of Araby in Medieval England. Yale University Press, 2005.

Tzanaki, Rosemary. Mandeville's Medieval Audiences: A Study on the Reception of the Book of Sir John Mandeville (1371-1550). Taylor & Francis, 2017.

Verner, Lisa. The Epistemology of the Monstrous in the Middle Ages. Routledge, 2005.


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Finishing up with Mandeville's travels, we visit the palace of the Mongol khan, the fortress paradise of the Old Man of the Mountain, and a land that never sees the sun.
If you like what you hear and want to chip in to support the podcast, my Patreon is here, my Ko-fi is here, and Paypal is here.
I'm on Twitter @circus_human, Instagram @humancircuspod, my website is www.humancircuspodcast.com, and I have some things on Redbubble at https://www.redbubble.com/people/humancircus.
Sources:


Sir John Mandeville: The Book of Marvels and Travels, translated by Anthony Bale. Oxford University Press, 2012.


The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, translated by Charles Moseley. Penguin, 2005.


The Book of John Mandeville, edited by Tamarah Kohanski and C. David Benson. Medieval Institute Publications, 2007. 

Friedman, John Block. The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought. Syracuse University Press, 2000.

Higgins, Iain Macleod. Writing East: The "Travels" of Sir John Mandeville. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.

Jackson, Peter. The Mongols and the West: 1221-1410. Routledge, 2018.

Metlitzki, Dorothee. The Matter of Araby in Medieval England. Yale University Press, 2005.

Tzanaki, Rosemary. Mandeville's Medieval Audiences: A Study on the Reception of the Book of Sir John Mandeville (1371-1550). Taylor & Francis, 2017.

Verner, Lisa. The Epistemology of the Monstrous in the Middle Ages. Routledge, 2005.


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