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The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing

By Sebastian Sobecki

The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing Historical Fiction

The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing

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The Middle Ages laid the foundations for the long European and Middle Eastern history of voyaging, colonialism, and expansion: the Papal embassies that took over a year of overland travel to reach Mongolia, Ibn Battuta's thirty years of voyaging to Africa and East Asia, or the arrival of European colonialism in the Americas. With a focus on medieval Europe, this is the first book to cover global medieval travel writing from Iceland to Indonesia, providing unrivalled insight into the experiences of early travellers. Paying special attention to race, gender and manuscript culture, the volume's vast geographical and linguistic range provides expert coverage of Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Chinese literature. An essential resource for teaching and research, the collection challenges established views of the Middle Ages and Western ideas of history.
Product details
Number of Pages:
870
Release Date:
2025-09-30
Publication Date:
2025-08-26
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1108493688
ISBN13:
9781108493680
Weight:
1386 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
51 cm
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