Eastward bound

Travel and travellers, 1050-1550
Herausgeber: Allen, Rosamund

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Eastward Bound looks at travel and travelers in the medieval period. An international range of distinguished contributors offer discussions on a wide range of themes, from the experiences of Crusaders on campaign, to the lives of pilgrims, missionaries and traders in the Middle East. It examines their modes of travel, equipment and methods of navigation, and considers their expectations and experiences en route. The contributions also look at the variety of motives--public and private--behind the decision to travel eastwards. Other essays discuss the attitudes of Middle-Eastern rulers to their visitors. In so doing they provide a valuable perspective and insight into the behavior of the Europeans and non-Europeans alike.

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An enlightening collection of essays by a distinguished list of contributors on travel and travellers from Europe to the Middle East in the medieval period, covering the Crusades, pilgrimage, mission, trade, scholarship, and exploration, as well as expectations and experiences. A valuable work for students of medieval history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780719066917
• ISBN-10: 0719066913
• Artikelnr.: 21591766

Autorenporträt

Rosamund Allen has taught in the University of London since 1965, at Bedford and Westfield Colleges, and now in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures Note on Arabic transliterations The contributors
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. The impact of the crusades
on western geographical knowledge - Bernard Hamilton 2. Sharing the sites:
'Medieval Jewish Travellers to the Land of Israel - Elka Weber 3. Travel in
the medieval Islamic world: The importance of patronage, as illustrated by
'Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (and other littérateurs) - Shawkat Toorawa 4.
Just a bunch of dirty stories? Women in the 'Memoirs' of Usamah Ibn Munqidh
- iall Christie 5. The mendicants as missionaries and travellers in the
Near East in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries - Andrew Jotischky 6.
The intelligent pilgrim: Maps and medieval pilgrimage to the Holy Land -
Catherine Delano-Smith 7. Reviving the crusade: Sanudo's schemes and
Vesconte's maps - Evelyn Edson 8. The diversity of mankind in the Book of
John Mandeville - Suzanne Conklin Akbari 9. Travels with Margery:
Pilgrimage in context - Rosalynn Voaden 10. Of smelly seas and ashen
apples: Medieval German pilgrimage literature - Anne Simon 11. Late
medieval Spanish travellers in the East: Clavijo, Tafur, Encina and Tarifa
- Barry Taylor Bibliography Index