A Traveler's Guide to Crocodiles in the Middle Ages

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Nestorov, M. (2014). A Traveler's Guide to Crocodiles in the Middle Ages, (43), 137-163. Retrieved from http://emu.f.bg.ac.rs/lucidaintervalla/issues/43%282014%29.pdf
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Title

A Traveler's Guide to Crocodiles in the Middle Ages

Subtitle
Author

Marijana, Nestorov

Journal

Lucida intervalla

Volume
Issue

43

Start page

137

End page

163

ISSN

1450-6645

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DOI
URL

http://emu.f.bg.ac.rs/lucidaintervalla/issues/43%282014%29.pdf

Date

2014

Abstract

Medieval animal literature dealing with crocodiles is usually described as uninventive, mimicking, and based on copying authorities without any objectivity or critical thinking. This paper presents excerpts from medieval travelogues in order to show that objective descriptions of the crocodile are indeed possible to find, but that they depended greatly on the expectations of the audience. Felix Fabri wrote in two languages for two different types of audience and his works are used here as a case study to show that objectivity and critical thinking in describing crocodiles in the Middle Ages were applied when needed.

Keywords

crocodile, Felix Fabri, perception, travelogue