Cosmopolitanism and the Middle Ages

By Shayne Aaron Legassie and John M. Ganim

Book Overview

This collection of essays uncovers a wide array of medieval writings on cosmopolitan ethics and politics, writings generally ignored or glossed over in contemporary discourse. Medieval literary fictions and travel accounts provide us with rich contextualizations of the complexities and contradictions of cosmopolitan thought.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349341088
• ISBN13: 9781349341085
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"