{"product_id":"ludolph-von-suchems-description-of-the-holy-land-and-of-the-way-thither-written-in-the-year-a-d-1350-paperback-9781108061827","title":"Ludolph von Suchem's Description of the Holy Land, and of the Way Thither; Written in the Year A.D. 1350 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108061827","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLudolph von Suchem's Description of the Holy Land, and of the Way Thither\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWritten in the Year A.D. 1350\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1895 translation into English of a fourteenth-century Latin account of a journey to the Holy Land.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLudolf von Suchem (Author), Aubrey Stewart (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108061827, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 October 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e158 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.22 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBeyond the fact that he made a journey to the Holy Land between 1336 and 1341, very little is known about Ludolf von Suchem (whose first name may in fact have been Rudolf). However, his work has long been regarded as a major source of information about the eastern Mediterranean in the fourteenth century, owing to its high level of detail. Ludolf states his intention to describe the region, its buildings, towns, fortified places, people, customs, stories and legends, drawing on both his own observations, and on information from the 'kings, princes, nobles and lords' with whom he spent days and nights in conversation. Some stories are clearly travellers' tales, but others, like his account of the fall of Acre (1291), based on reports by eyewitnesses, are both full and convincing. This English translation, by Aubrey Stewart (1844–1918), of Ludolf's Latin text was published in 1895.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Holy Land\u003cbr\u003e 2. Constantinople\u003cbr\u003e 3. The way by land\u003cbr\u003e 4. Barbary and Pugia\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Mediterranean sea\u003cbr\u003e 6. The divers perils of the sea\u003cbr\u003e 7. The peril called 'Gulph'\u003cbr\u003e 8. The peril called 'Grup'\u003cbr\u003e 9. The perils of shoals\u003cbr\u003e 10. Perils by fish\u003cbr\u003e 11. Divers fishes\u003cbr\u003e 12. Migration of birds\u003cbr\u003e 13. The voyage across the sea\u003cbr\u003e 14. The island of Sicily\u003cbr\u003e 15. The mount Vulcan\u003cbr\u003e 16. The city of Syracuse\u003cbr\u003e 17. Achaia\u003cbr\u003e 18. The city of Ephesus\u003cbr\u003e 19. The different isles of the sea\u003cbr\u003e 20. Cyprus\u003cbr\u003e 21. The vineyard of Engaddi\u003cbr\u003e 22. The city of Famagusta\u003cbr\u003e 23. Salamina and Nicosia\u003cbr\u003e 24. The cities by the sea\u003cbr\u003e 25. The glorious city of Acre\u003cbr\u003e 26. The loss of the city of Acre\u003cbr\u003e 27. Gaza and Azotus\u003cbr\u003e 28. Mount Carmel\u003cbr\u003e 29. Egypt\u003cbr\u003e 30. The garden of Balsam\u003cbr\u003e 31. The Christians and the ancient tombs\u003cbr\u003e 32. Ancient Babylon, or Baldach\u003cbr\u003e 33. The river Nile\u003cbr\u003e 34. The land of Egypt\u003cbr\u003e 35. The desert and Mount Sinai\u003cbr\u003e 36. The wilderness of Sinai\u003cbr\u003e 37. Hebron, the vale of Mambre, and Bethlehem\u003cbr\u003e 38. The holy city Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e 39. The thirty pieces of silver\u003cbr\u003e 40. The Mount of Olives\u003cbr\u003e 41. The desert, Jericho, Sodom and Gomorrha\u003cbr\u003e 42. The river Jordan\u003cbr\u003e 43. Ramatha, Shiloh, Emmaus, Sichar, Samaria, and Galilee\u003cbr\u003e 44. The city of Damascus\u003cbr\u003e 45. The vale of Bokar, Lebanon, and Beyrout\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913248530712,"sku":"9781108061827","price":23.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108061827i_83933d6a-2bfd-4e8b-8ce4-4e76119d311b.jpg?v=1696748419","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ludolph-von-suchems-description-of-the-holy-land-and-of-the-way-thither-written-in-the-year-a-d-1350-paperback-9781108061827","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}