Eastward Bound

Rosamund Allen has taught in the University of London since 1965, at Bedford and Westfield Colleges, and now in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary -- .

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Note on Arabic transliterations
The contributors
Acknowledgements
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Introduction
1. The impact of the crusades on western geographical knowledge – Bernard Hamilton
2. Sharing the sites: ‘Medieval Jewish Travellers to the Land of Israel – Elka Weber
3. Travel in the medieval Islamic world: The importance of patronage, as illustrated by ‘Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (and other littérateurs) – Shawkat Toorawa
4. Just a bunch of dirty stories? Women in the ‘Memoirs’ of Usamah Ibn Munqidh – iall Christie
5. The mendicants as missionaries and travellers in the Near East in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries – Andrew Jotischky
6. The intelligent pilgrim: Maps and medieval pilgrimage to the Holy Land – Catherine Delano-Smith
7. Reviving the crusade: Sanudo's schemes and Vesconte's maps – Evelyn Edson
8. The diversity of mankind in the Book of John Mandeville – Suzanne Conklin Akbari
9. Travels with Margery: Pilgrimage in context – Rosalynn Voaden
10. Of smelly seas and ashen apples: Medieval German pilgrimage literature – Anne Simon
11. Late medieval Spanish travellers in the East: Clavijo, Tafur, Encina and Tarifa – Barry Taylor
Bibliography
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