A Discovery in John de Mandevilles
by Kenneth Walter Cameron for Speculum
This is another fairly old article, dating from 1936. I wonder if anyone ever followed up on it.
More or less, what Cameron presents is a call for a more vigorous study of British historical records in order to establish the real identity of Mandeville. He includes a modest list of individuals bearing the name which exist in readily accessible records, and gives a brief synopsis of their archival presence.
As I’m not particularly interested in Mandeville’s identity (o, my masked man of mystery!) this article is not really heaps of help, but it is interesting nonetheless. Someone should update his list with the cheesy modern recording artist John Mandeville, and the John Mandeville who wrote a travel guide to Turkey.
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