A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes (Signed First Edition) by Bale, Anthony - 2023

W. W. Norton & Company, 2024-04-23. hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. Hardcover with no markings in nice clean condition.

W. W. Norton & Company, 04/23/2024. Hardcover. NEW.

Hardback. New. <p><b>'Rich and wonderful . . . This is the world as you've never seen it before' Ian Mortimer<br /><br />'A joyful, erudite book . . . A global Middle Ages for our times' Jerry Brotton</b><br />_____________________<br /><br /><i><b>A delightfully captivating journey across the medieval world, seen through the eyes of those who travelled across it</b></i><br /><br />From the bustling bazaars of Tabriz, to the mysterious island of Caldihe, where sheep were said to grow on trees, Anthony Bale brings history alive in <i>A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages</i>, inviting the reader to travel across a medieval world punctuated with miraculous wonders and long-lost landmarks. Journeying alongside scholars, spies and saints, from western Europe to the Far East, the Antipodes, and the ends of the world, this is no ordinary travel guide, containing everything from profane pilgrim… Read More

Europeans of the Middle Ages were the first to use travel guides to orient their wanderings, as they moved through a world punctuated with miraculous wonders and beguiling encounters. In this vivid and alluring history, medievalist Anthony Bale invites readers on an odyssey across the medieval world, recounting the advice that circulated among those venturing to the road for pilgrimage, trade, diplomacy, and war.
Journeying alongside scholars, spies, and saints, from Western Europe to the Far East, the Antipodes and the ends of the earth, Bale provides indispensable information on the exchange rate between Bohemian ducats and Venetian groats, medieval cures for seasickness, and how to avoid extortionist tour guides and singing sirens. He takes us from the streets of Rome, more ruin than tourist spot, and tours of the Khan's court in Beijing to Mamluk-controlled Jerusalem, where we ride asses across the holy terrain, and bustling bazaars of Tabriz.
We also learn of rumored fantastical places, like ones… Read More

Viking, 2023. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 448 pages. 9.45x6.38x1.54 inches.

New. .

First edition, 1st printing in near fine condition with minimal wear to cover,internally excellent ,Hardback ,orange boards.