Bertrandon de la Broquiere was esquire to Philip the Good, Duke of
Burgundy. Philip had plans for a new Crusade to the Holy Land and
as part of this plan he persuaded Bertrandon to undertake a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land to gather intelligence. Bertrandon set
off in 1432 disguised as a pilgrim but acting as a spy for Philip,
noting important details of the military, political and cultural
aspects of Mamluk and Ottoman lands. The resulting account of his
travels, translated into English by Thomas Johnes in 1807, provides
invaluable information on the region, including the military
tactics of the Turks and the early use of gunpowder by the Mamluks.
It is also one of the key documents for the history of the Crusades
in the late medieval period.
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