Eastward Bound Travel and Travellers, 1050-1550

Name: Eastward Bound Travel and Travellers, 1050-1550
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ISBN: 9780719066917

ISBN-10: 0719066913

ISBN-13: 9780719066917

Edition: 2004

Authors: Rosamund Allen, Rosamund Allen

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'Eastward Bound', edited by Rosamund Allen, is a fascinating collection of essays on travel and travellers from Europe to the Middle East in the medieval period.

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 12/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



List of figures


Note on Arabic transliterations


The contributors


Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


Introduction


The impact of the crusades on western geographical knowledge



Sharing the sites: 'Medieval Jewish Travellers to the Land of Israel



Travel in the medieval Islamic world: The importance of patronage, as illustrated by 'Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (and other litteacute;rateurs)



Just a bunch of dirty stories? Women in the 'Memoirs' of Usamah Ibn Munqidh



The mendicants as missionaries and travellers in the Near East in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries



The intelligent pilgrim: Maps and medieval pilgrimage to the Holy Land



Reviving the crusade: Sanudo's schemes and Vesconte's maps



The diversity of mankind in the Book of John Mandeville



Travels with Margery: Pilgrimage in context



Of smelly seas and ashen apples: Medieval German pilgrimage literature



Late medieval Spanish travellers in the East: Clavijo, Tafur, Encina and Tarifa



Bibliography


Index