Travel and Travellers of the Middle Ages

Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-7103-0909-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Reihe: History of Civilization

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newton, Arthur Percival

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE I. INTRODUCTION-THE CONCEPTION OF THE WORLD IN THE MIDDLE AGES II. THE DECAY OF GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE DECLINE OF EXPLORATION, A.D. 800-500 III. CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGES, A.D. 500-800 IV. THE VIKING AGE V. ARAB TRAVELLERS AND MERCHANTS, A.D. 1000-1500 VI. TRADE AND COMMUNICATION IN EASTERN EUROPE, A.D. 800-1200 VII. THE OPENING OF THE LAND ROUTES TO CATHAY VIII. (i) TRAVELLERS' TALES OF WONDER AND IMAGINATION (ii) EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS IN AFRICA IN THE MIDDLE AGES IX. PRESTER JOHN AND THE EMPIRE OF ETHIOPIA X. THE SEARCH FOR THE SEA ROUTE TO INDIA

Über Autor(innen)

Arthur Percival Newton