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Chapter Il turista, il Baedeker e il viaggiatore. Il viaggio e i viaggiatori secondo Abel Salazar
(2021)
Abel Salazar presents the considerations of a traveler-storyteller about some Italian cities in his book of travel narratives, Uma Primavera em Itália (2003), the central corpus of our research. Starting from an introduction ...
Chapter Erranze poetiche e geografiche nei poeti del Gharb al-Andalus
(2021)
The arab poetry is born among the wandering bedouins of the desert. The long odes (qasidat), were born to be recited in the camp, at night, under the stars and around the fire. The ode includes always a section named nasib ...
Chapter Fototesti di viaggio: Absolutely nothing di Giorgio Vasta e Ramak Fazel
(2021)
The essay examines the travel photo-text genre from a theoretical point of view, through the example of Absolutely Nothing by Giorgio Vasta and Ramak Fazel. It discusses the key issues and perspectives within the theory ...
Chapter Graça Morais et José de Guimarães, des humanistes du 20 ème siècle: l’art de penser le monde par le voyage
(2021)
Starting with the theme of travel and forced migration in the contemporary world, this work aims to reflect on the different forms of travel representations and state of the world in a resilience time. Specifically, we ...
Chapter I viaggi in un romanzo e i viaggi di un romanzo nel basso medioevo. Il caso del Joufroi de Poitiers
(2021)
In the fiction of the Joufroi de Poitiers, the author, perhaps a native of eastern France, claims to have found his story near Montpellier. His journey is perhaps not imaginary as we have an indication of a place that ...
Chapter Il viaggio come paradigma esistenziale nella Bibbia e nella letteratura ebraica antica
(2021)
The divine command issued to Abraham in Genesis 12,1: «Go (lek-lekà) from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you», presents us with a dramatic image of the human existence ...
Chapter Fashion, emulation and social classes in late medieval Valencia. Exploring textile consumption through probate inventories
(2022)
Abstract: This article explores the personal garments present in the probate inventories of 83 individuals that lived in the city of Valencia and its hinterland during the long fourteenth century. The paper explores the ...
Chapter L’innovation de produit et les dynamiques de l’offre sur les marchés des étoffes de laine dans la France du XVIIIe siècle. Quelques aperçus quantitatifs et qualitatifs
(2022)
The consumption of fabrics in 18th-Century Europe experienced a notable expansion - particularly in France, a major hub for the diffusion of clothing fashions across the continent. Driven by manufacturers and merchants, ...
Chapter Action men: martial fashions in Florence, 1530-1630
(2022)
This chapter analyses the influence of contemporary ideals of valour, physical strength, and martial skill on male court fashions. It outlines the various channels that enabled the propagation of martial styles and begins ...
Chapter Keeping up appearances in early modern Castile
(2022)
Social emulation stimulated the demand for clothing with the rapid generalisation of certain types of dress in given social circles. Beginning with this birth of fashion in the 16th century, the 18th century witnessed a ...