1st Edition
The Travels of Cristoforo Buondelmonti and Ciriaco d’Ancona in the Aegean Sea Humanism, Early Colonial Politics and Agency
By Eleni Tounta
Copyright 2025
238 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
238 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
238 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the travels of Cristoforo Buondelmonti and Ciriaco d’Ancona to the Greek lands in the early fifteenth-century eastern Mediterranean.
Drawing on post-colonial studies' frameworks, such as travel writing and imaginative geographies, this volume offers an innovative examination of colonial discursive and cultural practices within the Latin dominions in the Greek lands. It sheds... Read more
1. The Greek lands in the early humanists’ imaginary 2. Cristoforo Buondelmonti in Crete 3. Cristoforo Buondelmonti in the Aegean Sea 4. Imperium, space and the classical past: Ciriaco d’Ancona in Greek lands and Asia Minor (1443-49)
Biography
Eleni Tounta is an associate professor of Western Medieval History at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, researching topics related to the social and cultural history of the high and late Middle Ages. Her publications include monographs and articles focusing on Byzantine and Norman Southern Italy.
