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A TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE MIDDLE AGES - ANTHONY BAL...

A delightfully captivating journey across the medieval world  seen through the eyes of those
who travelled across it. History readers will love this gift! 'Rich and wonderful . . . This is
the world as you've never seen it before' Ian Mortimer'A joyful  erudite book . . . A global
Middle Ages for our times' Jerry Brotton _____________________ A delightfully captivating
journey across the medieval world  seen through the eyes of those who travelled across it 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 A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages  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 badges  Venetian laxatives and flying coffins to encounters
with bandits and trysts with princesses. Using previously untranslated contemporary accounts
from as far and wide as Turkey  Iceland  Armenia  north Africa  and Russia  A Travel Guide to
the Middle Ages is a living atlas that blurs the distinction between real and imagined places 
offering the reader a vivid and unforgettable insight into how medieval people understood their
world. _____________________ 'Masterful  panoramic  beautifully written and vividly imagined .
. . a book to be savoured' Dr Helen Castor  author of Blood and Roses 'An enthralling journey
into the past and across the world . . . this book takes us to barely imaginable places - but
the most remarkable thing we find may be ourselves' Seb Falk  author of The Light Ages

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