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The Book of John Mandeville comprises a fourteenth-century bestseller of the Middle Ages, providing European readers with exoticized information regarding Constantinople, China, and the religious practices of Eastern Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. Despite the fact that its supposed author, Sir John Mandeville, is a fictional construct, hundreds of manuscript copies of the work still exist, testifying to its runaway popularity. Distributed in the original French as well as English and Latin, The Book of John Mandeville has had an outsized and enduring influence on later European orientalism, being consulted often by prominent figures like Christopher Columbus and Sir Walter Raleigh. This edition, based on British Library MS Royal 17 C., introduces readers to one of the most popular Middle English versions of the story, in a manner accessible to readers both new and familiar with medieval travel narratives.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Book of John Mandeville
Preface
Prologue
Chapter 1. A Way to Jerusalem
Chapter 2. Ageyn to the Way
Chapter 3. A Wey by the See to Jerusalem
Chapter 4. The Way to Babyloyn
Chapter 5. A Wey to Jerusalem
Chapter 6. Jerusalem
Chapter 7. Environs of Jerusalem
Chapter 8. A Way fro Galilé to Jerusalem thorgh Damas
Chapter 9. The Shortest Way to Jerusalem
Chapter 10. Another Way to Jerusalem
Chapter 11. A Wey All by Lond to Jerusalem
Chapter 12. Truthe of Sarasyns
Chapter 13. Dyverseteis of Peple and of Contreis
Chapter 14. The Land of Mancy
Chapter 15. The Londe of the Gret Cane of Catay
Chapter 16. Why He Is Y-cleped the Gret Cane
Chapter 17. Aray of the Court of the Gret Chane
Chapter 18. The Lond of Pers
Chapter 19. The Kyndom of Caldee
Chapter 20. The Lond of Prester John
Chapter 21. Aray of the Court of Prester John
Chapter 22. Why He Is Y-clipedPrester John
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Appendix: Sources for The Book of John Mandeville
Bibliography
Glossary
Indexed Glossary of Proper Names
