Europeans of the Middle Ages were the first to use travel guides to
orient their wanderings through a world punctuated with miraculous
wonders and long-lost landmarks. Medievalist Anthony Bale gives us
a vivid and alluring on-the-ground and ship’s view, recounting
the advice that circulated among those venturing to the road for
pilgrimage, trade, diplomacy, and war. He takes us on the streets
of Rome, more ruin than tourist spot, and by ass to those of
Jerusalem under Mamluk control. We learn of believed-in—but
fantastical—places, like one where lambs grow on trees.
Throughout, we experience ships stuck in doldrums, lurking bandits,
and wondrous monuments. Using previously untranslated
contemporaneous documents from places disparate as Turkey, Iceland,
North Africa, and Russia, Bale serves as our guide into how
medieval Europeans understood—and often misunderstood—the
larger world.
General
| Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2024 |
| Authors: |
Anthony Bale
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
320 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-324-06457-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-324-06457-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781324064572 |
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