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Sto caricando le informazioni... The City of Lightdi Jacob d'Ancona, David Selbourne (Traduttore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. In 1990, renowned Jewish scholar David Selbourne is shown a manuscript that has lain hidden for seven centuries in a private collection. The manuscript is in medieval Italian and purports to be the first-hand account of a journey made by a Jewish merchant from the town of Ancona in Northern Italy to the city of Zaitun in China in the years 1270 to 1273. The manuscript details…. Read the full review on The Lectern. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
In 1270 Jacob d'Ancona, a Jewish scholar-merchant, embarked on a remarkable voyage from his native Italy to Zaitun, a vast coastal metropolis in southern China. Translated and edited by David Selbourne from a manuscript hidden from the outside world for centuries, this account of the journey provides a first-person insight into life in the 13th century, describing a thriving mercantile economy, whose vigorous manufacture and lavish consumption in the shadow of the impending Mongol invasion represent the swansong of a wealthy, decadent and surprisingly modern society. D'Ancona's participation as a foreign trader in the grand civic debates sheds light on, for example, the contemporary relationship of Jews and Christians, and the role for the individual in society - issues of enduring relevance. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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La publicación de esta apasionante obra en Inglaterra ha levantado una de las tempestades intelectuales más virulentas que se recuerdan.
Su editor, David Selbonsne, ha querido demostrar que el mercader Jacobo de Azcona, na llegó a China antes que Maro Polo y como fruto de sus singulares experiencias
en ese excepcional viaje escribiría La Ciudad de la luz, merecedora de los elogiosos comentarios por parte de los medios más prestigiosos, Y aunque no han sido pocos
los que han dudado de la autenticidad del manuscrito, alimentando la polémica durante largo tiempo, lo cierto es que, independientemente de esta controversia,
La ciudad de la luz sigue siendo el relato, escrito con un sorprendente realismo y una sensibilidad excepcional, del maravilloso viaje de Jacobo de Ancona hasta Zaitun, China.