The Florentine nobleman Leonardo Frescobaldi (fl. 1384-1405)
travelled with two compatriots, and at the urging of the king of
Naples, to the Holy Land in 1384-5, and he wrote this account on
his return. It was published in 1818 by the librarian of the
Barberini Library in Rome, Guglielmo Manzi (1784-1821), who
prefixed to his edition an essay (also in Italian) on the
activities of Italian merchants abroad in the fourteenth century.
Frescobaldi and his companions went first to Venice, whence they
sailed to Alexandria in Egypt, in order to visit St Catharine's
monastery on the way to Jerusalem. Frescobaldi describes the
churches and holy places in great detail, and then describes their
route home, via Damascus and Beirut, thence by ship (and after
enduring a terrible storm) to Venice. Frescobaldi's lively
curiosity about everything he saw makes this account of his
pilgrimage a fascinating read.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor |
| Release date: |
February 2012 |
| First published: |
February 2012 |
| Authors: |
Leonardo Frescobaldi
|
| Editors: |
Guglielmo Manzi
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
220 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-04223-9 |
| Languages: |
Italian
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
Historical geography
|
| LSN: |
1-108-04223-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781108042239 |
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