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Venetian Adventurer
Biography of Marco Polo. Included a discussion of the effects of his work on geography.
Marco Polo, Venetian Adventurer
Having survived a shipwreck, a princess tries to tell a prince a story whose ending he does not know and thus qualify for his hand in marriage.
Renaissance Education Between Religion and Politics
Few eras took education so seriously or were so innovative in their approaches to schools and universities as the Renaissance. At the same time, religious and political concerns strongly influenced educational developments. This third volume of articles by Paul F. Grendler explores the close connections between education, religion, and politics at several levels and in different contexts. It combines detailed research into various kinds of schools with broad overviews of European and especially Italian education. The lead article compares Italian and German universities and assesses the impact of the Protestant Reformation on the latter. Even Erasmus, the great critic of university theologians, felt the need to acquire a doctorate in theology and did so. In Italy, the new schools of the Jesuits and the Piarists taught boys and young men gratis, but not without opposition. Two articles deal with students, the consumers of education. While teachers and students were most directly involved in schools and universities, ecclesiastical and political authorities, including the leaders of the Republic of Venice, the subject of the final study, kept a watchful eye on them.
Marco Polo
Marco Polo ist eine der bekanntesten Figuren des Mittelalters und einer der ganz wenigen Fernostreisenden dieser Zeit. Als Kaufmann und Abenteurer ist er das Synonym für den „merchant adventurer“, aber er ist viel mehr als das, ein Chronist der Fremde, der erste europäische Reisende, der mit der Autorität des Augenzeugen vom faszinierenden Raum des Fernen Ostens berichtete. Marina Münkler erzählt, wie aus dem Sohn einer venezianischen Kaufmannsfamilie jene schillernde Gestalt werden konnte, die wir heute kennen, und sie zeigt, dass alle Versuche, ihn als einen Hochstapler darzustellen, der nie in China gewesen sei, in die Irre führen.
"Architecture, Art and Identity in Venice and its Territories, 1450?750 "
Cities are shaped as much by a repertoire of buildings, works and objects, as by cultural institutions, ideas and interactions between forms and practices entangled in identity formations. This is particularly true when seen through a city as forceful and splendid as Venice. The essays in this volume investigate these connections between art and identity, through discussions of patronage, space and the dissemination of architectural models and knowledge in Venice, its territories and beyond. They celebrate Professor Deborah Howard?s leading role in fostering a historically grounded and interdisciplinary approach to the art and architecture of Venice. Based on an examination and re-interpreta...
Zwei Welten
Nicolo, Maffio und Marco gingen unerschrocken den Gefahren und Hindernissen, an die sie schon lange gewöhnt waren, entgegen, überschritten die Grenze von Armenien und verfolgten ihre Reise weiter. Nachdem sie die Wüste mehrere Tagereisen durchwandert und manche gefährlichen Orte berührt hatten, kamen sie so weit in einer Richtung von Nordost und Nord, daß sie endlich Nachricht über den Großkhan erhielten, der damals seine Residenz in einer großen und prächtigen Stadt, namens Che-men-fu, hatte. Ihre ganze Reise bis zu diesem Orte dauerte nicht weniger als drei und ein halbes Jahr; denn während der Wintermonate konnten sie nur unbedeutende Strecken vorwärts kommen. Als aber der Kai...
