Overview of the Postcolonial Middle Ages
Lampert-Weissig, Lisa. Medieval Literature and Postcolonial Studies. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
The Postcolonial Middle Ages. Ed. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Cohen, Jerome. "Introduction." pp. 1-8. I accidentally scanned this whole chapter, but we are only asking you to read pages 1-8. The rest of the chapter is summaries of the other chapters.
Gaunt, Simon. "Can the Middle Ages be Postcolonial?" Comparative Literature 61.2 (2009) 160-176.
Cohen, Jerome. "Introduction." pp. 1-8. I accidentally scanned this whole chapter, but we are only asking you to read pages 1-8. The rest of the chapter is summaries of the other chapters.
Gaunt, Simon. "Can the Middle Ages be Postcolonial?" Comparative Literature 61.2 (2009) 160-176.
Check out a recent, grant-winning project: the Global Middle Ages Project
Primary Sources
The Man of Law’s Tale
Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Man of Law’s Tale." The Canterbury Tales. Middle English.
Heng, Geraldine. Empire of Magic: Medieval Romance and the Politics of Cultural Fantasy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003.
Chapter 4: Beauty and the East, A Modern Love Story: Women, Children, and Imagined Communities in The Man of Law’s Tale and Its Other. pp. 181-238.
Heng, Geraldine. Empire of Magic: Medieval Romance and the Politics of Cultural Fantasy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003.
Chapter 4: Beauty and the East, A Modern Love Story: Women, Children, and Imagined Communities in The Man of Law’s Tale and Its Other. pp. 181-238.
The Travels of John Mandeville
Mandeville, John. The Travels of John Mandeville.
Read Prologue, Chapters XXX – XXXIV, and explore other chapters that interest you.
The Letter of Prester John
Read Prologue, Chapters XXX – XXXIV, and explore other chapters that interest you.
The Letter of Prester John
Maps and Medieval Conceptions of the World
The Postcolonial Middle Ages. Ed. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Wikipedia article on Mappa Mundi
Wikipedia article on T and O Maps
Hereford Mappa Mundi: Check out the “Strange Peoples of the World” and “Beasts of the World” tabs on the left
Interactive Psalter World Map: explore the themes and check out the Curator video near the bottom of the screen
Wikipedia article on T and O Maps
Hereford Mappa Mundi: Check out the “Strange Peoples of the World” and “Beasts of the World” tabs on the left
Interactive Psalter World Map: explore the themes and check out the Curator video near the bottom of the screen
Medieval Hybridity
The Postcolonial Middle Ages. Ed. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Marvels of the East images in the British Library: click forward to 98v to get to the pictures of Marvels
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