A Travel Guide To The Middle Ages
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A Travel Guide To The Middle Ages The World Through Medieval Eyes
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Author : Anthony Bale
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2024-04-23
A Travel Guide To The Middle Ages The World Through Medieval Eyes written by Anthony Bale and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-23 with History categories.
A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to the court of China and beyond. 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 where lambs grow on trees and giant canes grow fruit made of gems. And we are offered a glimpse of what non-European travelers thought of the West on their own travels. Using previously untranslated contemporaneous documents from a colorful range of travelers, and from as far and wide as Turkey, Iceland, North Africa, and Russia, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages is a witty and unforgettable exploration of how Europeans understood—and often misunderstood—the larger world.
The Thrifty Guide To Medieval Times
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Author : Jonathan W. Stokes
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2019-08-20
The Thrifty Guide To Medieval Times written by Jonathan W. Stokes and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-20 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The kid-friendly series that makes history approachable, engaging, and funny! From the publishing house that brought you the Who Was? books. The Thrifty Guide to Medieval Times: A Handbook for Time Travelers is a snappy, informative, illustrated travel guide with everything the sensible time traveler needs to know, like: * Where I can find the best hovel? * What are my healthcare options if I catch the Black Plague? * How can I avoid being attacked by pillaging Huns? * And most importantly, why on earth would anyone want to travel back to medieval times? This book is designed as a parody of Fodor's guides, complete with humorous maps, reviews of places to stay and top attractions (don't miss a jousting tournament . . . but watch out for lances!), and tips on whom to have lunch with (murderous Queen Olga of Kiev, naturally--just don't eat or drink anything around her!). If you had a time travel machine and could take a vacation anywhere in history, this is the only guidebook series you would need.
Adventures In The Middle Ages
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Author : Linda Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Release Date : 2000
Adventures In The Middle Ages written by Linda Bailey and has been published by Kids Can Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Join Josh, Emma and Libby as they go back to the Middle Ages.
The Time Traveller S Guide To Medieval England
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Author : Ian Mortimer
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-02-29
The Time Traveller S Guide To Medieval England written by Ian Mortimer and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-29 with History categories.
Discover an original, entertaining and illuminating guide to a completely different world: England in the Middle Ages. Imagine you could travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see, and hear, and smell? Where would you stay? What are you going to eat? And how are you going to test to see if you are going down with the plague? In The Time Traveller's Guide Ian Mortimer's radical new approach turns our entire understanding of history upside down. History is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be lived, whether that's the life of a peasant or a lord. The result is perhaps the most astonishing history book you are ever likely to read; as revolutionary as it is informative, as entertaining as it is startling. 'Ian Mortimer is the most remarkable medieval historian of our time' The Times 'After The Canterbury Tales this has to be the most entertaining book ever written about the middle ages' Guardian
Travel And Travellers Of The Middle Ages
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Author : Arthur Percival Newton
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-28
Travel And Travellers Of The Middle Ages written by Arthur Percival Newton and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with Social Science categories.
This carefully complied work marks an important contribution to the history of Medieval travel. It will appeal to the scholar and to the general reader. It covers such areas as the conception of the world in the Middle Ages, Christian pilgrimages, the Vikings, Arab travellers, traveller’s tales of the East and Prester John.
Your Guide To Medieval Society
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Author : Rachel Stuckey
language : en
Publisher: Destination: Middle Ages
Release Date : 2017
Your Guide To Medieval Society written by Rachel Stuckey and has been published by Destination: Middle Ages this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Pack your bags for a trip that will last one thousand years! Destination: Middle Ages takes you on a guided tour of Europe and the Middle East from the 5th to the 15th centuries. If you think these were the Dark Ages, think again! This was an age or great cultural advances and artistic achievements, of inspiring rulers and courageous warriors, and of bustling towns alive with merchants and entertainers. Book jacket.
Travel And Trade In The Middle Ages
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Author : Fiona Macdonald
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Secondary Library
Release Date : 2006
Travel And Trade In The Middle Ages written by Fiona Macdonald and has been published by Gareth Stevens Secondary Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In Travel and Trade in the Middle Ages, learn about the difficulty of traveling in medieval Europe and how people coped with the obstacles. With few maps, people traveled by following landmarks. The rich rode, while the poor walked. Bandits sometimes lay in wait for both. While some people traveled to find new lands to explore or goods to trade, others moved simply to find new lands to farm. Traders traveled the Silk Road across Europe and Asia or the Spice Route across the seas. Explore how trade and travel changed the lives of medieval peoples. Book jacket.
Travel And Trade In The Middle Ages
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Author : Paul B. Newman
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2011-04-15
Travel And Trade In The Middle Ages written by Paul B. Newman and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-15 with History categories.
Transportation and trade in the Middle Ages were more developed and varied than is commonly thought. This book examines why medieval Europeans traveled--from making pilgrimages to engaging in international trade--and surveys in detail how they traveled, both by land and water. Travel and trade were inextricably linked to transportation, and over time an infrastructure of roads, bridges, and accommodations grew across Europe, enabling people and goods to move around the continent and beyond. Also explored are the hardships faced by medieval travelers, including storms at sea, avalanches in the Alps, the presence of pirates and robbers, and the fundamental problems of finding a meal and shelter.
Islam And Travel In The Middle Ages
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Author : Houari Touati
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-08
Islam And Travel In The Middle Ages written by Houari Touati and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08 with History categories.
In the Middle Ages, Muslim travelers embarked on a rihla, or world tour, as surveyors, emissaries, and educators. On these journeys, voyagers not only interacted with foreign cultures—touring Greek civilization, exploring the Middle East and North Africa, and seeing parts of Europe—they also established both philosophical and geographic boundaries between the faithful and the heathen. These voyages thus gave the Islamic world, which at the time extended from the Maghreb to the Indus Valley, a coherent identity. Islam and Travel in the Middle Ages assesses both the religious and philosophical aspects of travel, as well as the economic and cultural conditions that made the rihla possible. Houari Touati tracks the compilers of the hadith who culled oral traditions linked to the prophet, the linguists and lexicologists who journeyed to the desert to learn Bedouin Arabic, the geographers who mapped the Muslim world, and the students who ventured to study with holy men and scholars. Travel, with its costs, discomforts, and dangers, emerges in this study as both a means of spiritual growth and a metaphor for progress. Touati’s book will interest a broad range of scholars in history, literature, and anthropology.
Travel And Travellers Of The Middle Ages
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Author : Arthur Newton
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Travel And Travellers Of The Middle Ages written by Arthur Newton and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with History categories.
Originally published between 1920 and 1970,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings: * Prehistory and Historical Ethnography Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00 * Greek Civilization Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00 * Roman Civilization Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00 * Eastern Civilizations Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00 * Judaeo-Christian Civilization Set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00 * European Civilization Set of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00