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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

par Sir John Mandeville · 36 parties · about 7 hours de lecture

Bonjour, je m'appelle Finn et je vais t'aider à comprendre ce livre.

Le voici, expliqué comme si tu avais 10 ans :

Autrefois, un chevalier anglais a dit qu'il avait quitté son pays en 1322 et voyagé pendant des années à travers la Terre sainte, l'Égypte, l'Inde et la lointaine Cathay, et voici son livre. Il parle des lieux saints, des grands khans, des merveilles du pays du prêtre Jean, et de créatures au bord du monde. Le texte ici est l'édition Macmillan de 1900. Lisez le comme les lecteurs médiévaux, avec émerveillement, et savourez l'un des plus anciens livres de voyage en anglais.

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Chapitres

Bibliographical Note9 min Prologue6 min Chapter 1: To teach you the Way out of England to Constantinople3 min Chapter 2: Of the Cross and the Crown of our Lord Jesu Christ7 min Chapter 3: Of the City of Constantinople, and of the Faith of Greeks8 min Chapter 4: Of the Way from Constantinople to Jerusalem6 min Chapter 5: Of diversities in Cyprus9 min Chapter 6: Of many Names of Soldans, and of the Tower of Babylon14 min Chapter 7: Of the Country of Egypt12 min Chapter 8: Of the Isle of Sicily14 min Chapter 9: Of the Desert between the Church of Saint Catherine and Jerusalem11 min Chapter 10: Of the Pilgrimages in Jerusalem, and of the Holy Places thereabout10 min Chapter 11: Of the Temple of our Lord25 min Chapter 12: Of the Dead Sea13 min Chapter 13: Of the Province of Galilee, and where Antichrist shall be born15 min Chapter 14: Of the City of Damascus15 min Chapter 15: Of the Customs of Saracens, and of their Law16 min Chapter 16: Of the lands of Albania and of Libia11 min Chapter 17: Of the land of Job13 min Chapter 18: Of the customs of Isles about Ind14 min Chapter 19: Of the Dooms made by St. Thomas’s hand7 min Chapter 20: Of the evil customs used in the Isle of Lamary12 min Chapter 21: Of the Palace of the King of the Isle of Java16 min Chapter 22: How men know by the Idol, if the sick shall die or not15 min Chapter 23: Of the great Chan of Cathay11 min Chapter 24: Wherefore he is clept the great Chan13 min Chapter 25: Of the Governance of the great Chan’s Court, and when he maketh solemn feasts20 min Chapter 26: Of the Law and the Customs of the Tartarians dwelling in Cathay11 min Chapter 27: Of the Realm of Tharse and the Lands and Kingdoms towards the Septentrional Parts, in coming down from the land of Cathay3 min Chapter 28: The Emperor of Persia, and of the Land of Darkness8 min Chapter 29: Of the Countries and Isles that be beyond the Land of Cathay7 min Chapter 30: Of the Royal Estate of Prester John15 min Chapter 31: Of the Devil’s Head in the Valley Perilous14 min Chapter 32: Of the goodness of the folk of the Isle of Bragman11 min Chapter 33: Of the Hills of Gold that Pismires keep8 min Chapter 34: Of the Customs of Kings and other that dwell in the Isles coasting to Prester John’s Land14 min