A Mission to the Medieval Middle East - The Travels of Bertrandon de la Brocquiere to Jerusalem

Informationen zum Autor Bertrandon de la Broquiere (d. 1459) was an Acquitanian traveller, writer, and spy for Philip the Good. Morris Rossabi is Senior Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, and also Distinguished Professor of History at Queens College, both in the USA. Klappentext Bertrandon de la Broquiere was esquire to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Philip had plans for a new Crusade to the Holy Land and as part of this plan he persuaded Bertrandon to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to gather intelligence. Bertrandon set off in 1432 disguised as a pilgrim but acting as a spy for Philip, noting important details of the military, political and cultural aspects of Mamluk and Ottoman lands. The resulting account of his travels, translated into English by Thomas Johnes in 1807, provides invaluable information on the region, including the military tactics of the Turks and the early use of gunpowder by the Mamluks. It is also one of the key documents for the history of the Crusades in the late medieval period. Vorwort A first-hand account by a European traveller to Mamluk and Ottoman lands during the late Crusades Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents New Introduction by Morris Rossabi A Preliminary Discourse The Travels of Bertrandon de la Broquière

Product details

• Authors: Bertrandon de la Brocquiere, Bertrandon de la Brocquière
• Assisted by: Morris Rossabi (Introduction), Rossabi Morris (Introduction), Thomas Johnes (Translation), Johnes Thomas (Translation)
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.12.2020
• EAN: 9780755638499
• ISBN: 978-0-7556-3849-9
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, military history, Middle East, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Battles & campaigns, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Specific wars and campaigns, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General