Silent Cities: Sensationalism and Removed Populations within Fourteenth Century Western Christian and Muslim Travel Accounts of Baghdad and Jerusalem

<p>This research explores the removal of surrounding populations within fourteenth century travel literature in the cities of Baghdad and Jerusalem, I analyze two Christian travelers, Marco Polo and John Mandeville, and one Muslim traveler, Ibn Battuta. As a basis of comparison, I discuss the twelfth century Muslim traveler, Ibn Jubayr. I specifically analyze Baghdad and Jerusalem due to the fact that they represent cities of centrality for Muslims and Christians, respectively, within medieval geographic understanding. I argue that fourteenth century travel literature presents a paradigm based in sensationalism and population removal due to their focus on entertainment and wonder, rather than education and dissemination of knowledge.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

History

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History and Geography

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Gibbons, Abby

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ryan Lynch
• Shannon Godlove
• Cindy Ticknor

• Sensationalism
• Population Removal
• Fourteenth Century
• Travel Literature
• Ibn Jubayr
• Ibn Battuta
• John Mandeville
• Marco Polo
• Baghdad
• Jerusalem
• Asian History
• History
• Intellectual History

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/368

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:csuepress.columbusstate.edu:theses_dissertations-1349