El encuentro de Pero Tafur y Niccoló dei Conti

With this paper we tried to analyze some of the conditions behind the story about the meeting between two European travelers in the land of Sinai in the late Middle Ages, included in one of the most famous Travel Book from that era: Andanças e Viajes of Pero Tafur. References to the Italian merchant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Villalba Ruiz de Toledo, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/662338
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/662338
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Edad Media
Viajeros
Pero Tafur
Niccolo dei Conti
Francesco Poggio
Libros de viaje
Arte / Bellas Artes
Geografía
Historia
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Sumario:With this paper we tried to analyze some of the conditions behind the story about the meeting between two European travelers in the land of Sinai in the late Middle Ages, included in one of the most famous Travel Book from that era: Andanças e Viajes of Pero Tafur. References to the Italian merchant, Niccolò dei Conti, allow a comparison with data given by the great humanist Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, although alluding to purely biographical aspects which are completely hidden in the work of the Italian