Routledge - Travel in the Byzantine World - History Book

Explore the complex world of medieval movement with Travel in the Byzantine World. This scholarly volume presents selected papers from the 34th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies held in Birmingham in April 2000. While travelers to the Byzantine empire have always been a topic of interest, this book provides a unique scholarly perspective by combining the study of travelers with the study of medieval communications. Covering the period from the sixth to the fifteenth century, the text examines four distinct aspects of travel. Readers can learn about the technicalities of land and sea travel, the various purposes behind these journeys, and how communications functioned during this era. This book serves as a foundational resource for those interested in the history of the Byzantine world and the mechanics of medieval transportation and movement.