Travel and Travellers of the Middle Ages

Travel and Travellers of the Middle Ages

Arthur Percival Newton

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2005
Materia
Estudios étnicos
ISBN:
9780710309099

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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.

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