Before Orientalism: Asian Peoples and Cultures in European Travel Writing, 1245-151

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Before Orientalism The Middle Ages series ruth Mazo Karras, series editor edward Peters, Founding editor A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. Before Orientalism Asian Peoples and Cultures in european Travel Writing, 1245–1510 Kim M. Phillips university of pennsylvania press phil adelphia Copyright © 2014 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the United states of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Phillips, Kim M. Before Orientalism : Asian peoples and cultures in european travel writing, 1245– 1510 / Kim M. Phillips. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (The Middle Ages series) includes bibliographical references and index. isBN 978-0-8122-4548-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Travel, Medieval—Asia—history—sources. 2. Travelers’ writings, european— history and criticism. 3. Asia—description and travel—early works to 1800. 4. Asia—Foreign public opinion, Western—history. i. Title. ii. series: Middle Ages series. gT5240.P55 2014 303.48'209—dc23 2013019443 For John, Heloise, and Sylvie This page intentionally left blank ...