Trickster's travels. A Muslim of the 16th century between worlds.
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The main character of the study by Natalie Zemon Davis is the traveler, diplomat, and scholar known as John Leo Africanus, the author of the first European geographical treatise on Africa. He was born in the late 15th century in Muslim Granada, grew up and received education in Morocco, and during one of his travels was captured by Christian pirates. They presented the captive to Pope Leo X, who baptized him in St. Peter's Cathedral. In her book, the author, a prominent figure of the 'golden age' of microhistory, thoroughly examines the unique life experience of this adventurer and traveler who lived on the border of different worlds and cultures. As the researcher shows, the case of John Leo Africanus is both exceptional and boundary-crossing, reflecting global processes typical of the 16th-century Mediterranean. Natalie Zemon Davis is a historian, specializing in the early modern period, and a professor at the University of Toronto.
Author:
Author:Davis Natalie Zemon
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
Dimensions:
Dimensions:22x15x2.5 cm
Series:
Series:Intellectual History
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4448-1992-0
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