{"product_id":"the-cambridge-guide-to-global-medieval-travel-writing-hardback-9781108493680","title":"The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing (Hardback) 9781108493680","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first global guide to the vast and complex world of medieval travel writing, from Iceland to Indonesia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSebastian Sobecki (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108493680, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e870 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.6 cm, 1.495 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This rich, expansive volume encompasses wide-ranging critical approaches and methodologies related to medieval travel literature, whether literary history, theoretical frameworks, or area-based studies. It affords salient points of comparison across cultures and traditions in a renewed and widened view of the medieval world-essential for scholarly research and crucial for teaching.' Ruen-chuan Ma, Associate Professor of English and Literature, Utah Valley University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: towards a global history of medieval travel writing Sebastian Sobecki\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Contexts: 1. Travel writing in late antiquity Scott Fitzgerald Johnson\u003cbr\u003e 2. The crusades Andrew Jotischky\u003cbr\u003e 3. Women travellers Kim M. Phillips\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rape and violence in medieval travel narratives Carissa M. Harris\u003cbr\u003e 5. Making race: from travel writing to discourse Sierra Lomuto\u003cbr\u003e 6. Globalising whiteness: transmission, idolatry, and fetishism Wan-Chuan Kao\u003cbr\u003e 7. Travel accounts in manuscript and print Aditi Nafde\u003cbr\u003e 8. Disabilities in transit Jonathan Hsy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Ibn Battuta Christine Chism\u003cbr\u003e 10. Jewish travellers Martin Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Traditions: I. The Nordic World and the British Isles: 11. Iceland Sverrir Jakobsson\u003cbr\u003e 12. Scandinavia Jonas Wellendorf\u003cbr\u003e 13. England Sebastian Sobecki\u003cbr\u003e 14. Scotland Daniel Davies\u003cbr\u003e 15. Ireland Joseph Falaky Nagy\u003cbr\u003e 16. Wales Helen Fulton\u003cbr\u003e II. France, Italy, and Iberia: 17. France Elizaveta Strakhov\u003cbr\u003e 18. Iberia Geraldine Hazbun\u003cbr\u003e 19. Santiago de Compostela George D. Greenia\u003cbr\u003e 20. Italy Theodore J. Cachey, Jr\u003cbr\u003e 21. Rome Chiara Sbordoni\u003cbr\u003e III. The Empire and Central Europe: 22. The holy Roman empire Albrecht Classen\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Teutonic state, Prussia, and the Baltic Ralf G. Päsler\u003cbr\u003e 24. Bohemia Michael Van Dussen\u003cbr\u003e 25. Hungary Balázs Nagy\u003cbr\u003e IV. Poland-Lithuania, Rus', and Byzantium: 26. Poland and Lithuania Paul Srodecki\u003cbr\u003e 27. Russia Ralph Cleminson\u003cbr\u003e 28. Byzantium Marina Toumpouri\u003cbr\u003e V. Africa and the Middle East: 29. West Africa Iona McCleery\u003cbr\u003e 30. Jerusalem Anthony Bale\u003cbr\u003e 31. Arabia Shazia Jagot\u003cbr\u003e 32. Mecca Karen C. Pinto\u003cbr\u003e VI. Asia and the Americas: 33. Persia Ladan Niayesh\u003cbr\u003e 34. The Mongol empire Irene Malfatto\u003cbr\u003e 35. China and India Sharon Kinoshita\u003cbr\u003e 36. Chinese travel writing James M. Hargett\u003cbr\u003e 37. South-East Asia Marianne O'Doherty\u003cbr\u003e 38. The Atlantic and the Americas Sebastian Sobecki\u003cbr\u003e Thinking about a world in motion: An afterword Geraldine Heng.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52475003142424,"sku":"9781108493680","price":99.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108493680i.jpg?v=1785803200","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-guide-to-global-medieval-travel-writing-hardback-9781108493680","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}