Greek Eyes on Europe

The Travels of Nikandros Noukios of Corfu

John Muir (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

194 Seiten

2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-19121-8 (ISBN)

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This is the first complete English translation of a lively travelogue written by Andronikos aka Nikandros Noukios, a Greek from Corfu, who accompanied a diplomatic mission from Venice to England in the middle of the sixteenth century. He describes some of the great northern Italian cities, gives vivid impressions of picturesque Germany, of sober but enthusiastic Lutheran church services, and of cities on the Rhine. In the Low Countries he visits the commercial centres and in England gives a real sense of the excitement of London and its sights. He rather liked the English (even giving a recipe for beer), and is clearly fascinated by Henry VIII, his attacks on the monasteries and his break with Rome. He then surprisingly joins up with a troop of Greek mercenaries, but finally leaves them and returns to Italy through France with glimpses of Fontainebleau and Francis I. We leave Andronikos after he has visited Rome on his way back to Venice.

The book is an almost unknown source for the sixteenth century and will certainly be of interest to historians and students. It is also an important and little-known landmark in the development of Modern Greek literature, especially relevant to the burgeoning modern interest in travel writing. It is accessible and a good read.

John Muir taught at King’s College London of which he is a Fellow. He was joint editor of Greece & Rome, and his publications include Greek Religion and Society (ed. with P.E. Easterling), Alcidamas: the Works and Fragments, and Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World.

Introduction and Notes / The Travels of Nikandros Noukios of Corfu (translation) / Book 1 / Book 2 / Book 3 / Abbreviations and reference usages / Notes to the translation / Map

Erscheinungsdatum	23.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London
Zusatzinfo	1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-19121-X / 103219121X
ISBN-13	978-1-032-19121-8 / 9781032191218
Zustand	Neuware