1. Conquest, Conversion, Crusade, Salvation: The Discourse of Anthropology and Its Uses in the Medieval Period

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Conquest, Conversion, Crusade, Salvation: The Discourse of Anthropology and Its Uses in the Medieval Period 11
5. 2. Subjective Beginnings: Autoethnography and the Partial Gazes of Gerald of Wales 37
6. 3. Writing Ethnography “In the Eyes of the Other”: William of Rubruck’s Mission to Mongolia 57
7. 4. Casting a “Sideways Glance” at the Crusades: The Voice of the Other in Joinville’s Vie de Saint Louis 88
8. 5. Dis-Orienting the Self: The Uncanny Travels of John Mandeville 113
9. Conclusion 145
10. Notes 149
11. Bibliography 181
12. Index 195
13. Acknowledgments 201