A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages

The World Through Medieval Eyes

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From the medieval bazaars of Tabriz, to the mysterious island of Caldihe, where sheep were said to grow on trees, Anthony Bale brings history alive in A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages, inviting the reader to travel across a medieval world punctuated with miraculous wonders and long-lost landmarks. Journeying alongside scholars, spies and saints, from western Europe to the Far East, the Antipodes, and the ends of the world, this is no ordinary travel guide, containing everything from profane pilgrim badges, Venetian laxatives and flying coffins to encounters with bandits and trysts with princesses.

Using previously untranslated contemporary accounts from as far and wide as Turkey, Iceland, Armenia, north Africa, and Russia, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages is a living atlas that blurs the distinction between real and imagined places, offering the reader a vivid and unforgettable insight into how medieval people understood their world.

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Authors:
Bale, Anthony
Format:
Hardback
ISBN:
9780241530849
Publication Date:
02/11/2023
Year Published:
2023
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Number of Pages:
448
Place of Publication:
London
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Language:
English
SKU:
9780241530849

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