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How Well Do You Know The Travels of Marco Polo?

Medievalists.net — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:10:04 +0000

It is one of the most famous works of the Middle Ages, but how well do you know this book?

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Netflix’s Marco Polo – Review of Season 1

Medievalists.net — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:05:13 +0000

The Netflix original series Marco Polo premiered on December 12th to mostly negative reviews. Here is why you should ignore them and give it a try.

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Small Talk: A New Reading of Marco Polo’s Il milione

Medievalists.net — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 05:13:57 +0000

It is perhaps not that surprising that we find the narrative pattern reflected in Il milione conforms nicely to the expectations of the Chinese genre of small talk.

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Netflix goes epic with Marco Polo

Medievalists.net — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 04:51:20 +0000

Netflix is making a bold gamble - reportedly a $90 million (US) gamble - with their newest series, Marco Polo. The ten-episode first season is being released to their subscribers Friday.

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Did Marco Polo go to Alaska?

Medievalists.net — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 07:09:15 +0000

A set of documents, brought to United States by an Italian immigrant, may reveal new details about Marco Polo's travels in Asia, including that he possibly explored and mapped Alaska.

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Real and imaginary journeys in the later Middle Ages

Medievalists.net — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:18:16 +0000

For a proper understanding of the actions of men in the past it is necessary to have some idea of how they conceived the world and their place in it, yet for the medieval period there is a serious inbalance in the sources.

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In Our Time: Marco Polo

Medievalists.net — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:28:53 +0000

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the celebrated Venetian explorer Marco Polo.

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The Quest for Prester John

Medievalists.net — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:30:09 +0000

The legend of Prester John is one of the most fascinating and powerful myths of all time. To say that Medieval Europeans knew little about the world outside of their native continent is truly an understatement. It was an age in which much was assumed rather than ascertained about the exotic lands beyond.

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Marco Polo really did go to China, new study finds

Medievalists.net — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:08:38 +0000

A thorough new study of Chinese sources by University of Tübingen Sinologist Hans Ulrich Vogel dispels claims that Venice’s most famous traveler never truly went as far as China.

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Marco Polo and His ‘Travels’

Medievalists.net — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:32:41 +0000

What is the book we associate with Polo's name? With what purpose was it written? What claims does it make for itself? To what extent does it purport to represent Polo's own experiences? Just where did Polo go?

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