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Medieval Travel and Travelers
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Pages: 383
Authors: John Romano
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-29 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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It is widely believed that people living in the Middle Ages seldom traveled. But, as Medieval Travel and Travelers reveals, many medieval people – and not onl
Islam and Travel in the Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 321
Authors: Houari Touati
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In the Middle Ages, Muslim travelers embarked on a rihla, or world tour, as surveyors, emissaries, and educators. On these journeys, voyagers not only interacte
The Medieval Traveller
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Norbert Ohler
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Boydell Press

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This translation originally published: Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press, 1989.
The Medieval Invention of Travel
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Shayne Aaron Legassie
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-12 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Over the course of the Middle Ages, the economies of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa became more closely integrated, fostering the international and intercont
Traveling Through Text
Language: en
Pages: 219
Authors: Elka Weber
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-04 - Publisher: Routledge

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Traveling through Text compares religious ravel writing by Muslims, Christians and Jews in later Middle Ages. This comparative approach allows us to see that wr