Along the Routes of the Ecumene: The Journey of Sir George Wheler to the Levant (1675–1676)

• Authors: Alberto Castaldini
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the French edition-printed in The Hague in 1723- of a significant example of travel literature from the end of the 17th century: A Journey into Greece (1682) by Sir George Wheler (1651–1724). The book made a profound mark on the studies of archeology, epigraphy, and the numis­matics of the Balkans, Greece, and the Byzantine world. The article illustrates the significant data collected by the English traveler, botanist, scholar of classi­cal antiquity, and clergyman, relating to the cultural and confessional mosaic in the space of southeastern Europe. His descriptions should be interpreted as a representative portrait of the remains of the ancient Euro‑Mediterranean ecumene. The traveler-churchman’s spirit of observation and sensitivity made Wheler a model author in the scholarly travel literature of the 17th century.

Keywords

EN

travel literature; George Wheler; Ecumene; Balkans; Ottoman Empire

• Publisher: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
• Journal: Perspektywy Kultury
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 197-210

Dates

published

2020-12-20

Contributors

author

Alberto Castaldini

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Identifiers

DOI

10.35765/pk.2020.3003.13