Topics and Suggested Materials for Exploration
Inter-religious Encounters
Ibn Batuta
Benjamin of Tudela
Marco Polo, The travels of Marco Polo
Ibn Hamdis Links to an external site.
Immanuel of Rome Links to an external site.
Willehalm
Religion from the Decameron Web themes:
https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/religion/ Links to an external site.
Boccaccio, Decameron, in particular Day 1, Story 2, Story 3, Story 6; Day 2, Story 1; Day 6, Story 10; Day 10, Story 9
Maps
Ebstorf Map: https://warnke.web.leuphana.de/hyperimage/EbsKart/index.html#O9999
Nuremberg Chronicle
Hereford Mappa Mundi Links to an external site.
Maps and Geography page from the Decameron Web site:
Monstrous Races
Birdshead Haggadah, Herzog Ernst
Boccaccio, Decameron, Day 7, Story 1
Representations of Race
Maurice
Parzival (Belakane)
https://blackcentraleurope.com/portfolio/1000-1500/ Links to an external site.
https://www.globalmiddleages.org/ Links to an external site.
The Plague
https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague/ Links to an external site.
Travels and Travel Literature
Ibn Batuta
Benjamin of Tudela
Marco Polo
Boccaccio, Decameron, in particular Day 2, Story 4, Story 5, Story 7, Story 9; Day 4, Story 3; Day 5, Story 1, Story 2; Day 10, Story 3
The Language of Spatial Relationships Links to an external site.
https://www.globalmiddleages.org/ Links to an external site.
The Decameron Project
https://decameronproject.org/ Links to an external site.