A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes by Bale, Anthony

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Europeans of the Middle Ages were the first to use travel guides to orient their wanderings, as they moved through a world punctuated with miraculous wonders and beguiling encounters. In this vivid and alluring history, medievalist Anthony Bale invites readers on an odyssey across the medieval world, recounting the advice that circulated among those venturing to the road for pilgrimage, trade, diplomacy, and war.
Journeying alongside scholars, spies, and saints, from Western Europe to the Far East, the Antipodes and the ends of the earth, Bale provides indispensable information on the exchange rate between Bohemian ducats and Venetian groats, medieval cures for seasickness, and how to avoid extortionist tour guides and singing sirens. He takes us from the streets of Rome, more ruin than tourist spot, and tours of the Khan's court in Beijing to Mamluk-controlled Jerusalem, where we ride asses across the holy terrain, and bustling bazaars of Tabriz.
We also learn of rumored fantastical places, like ones… Read More

W. W. Norton & Company, April 2024. Hardcover . New. A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to the court of China and beyond.

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W W Norton & Co Inc, 2024. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.30 inches.

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