The course provides students with insights into different aspects of medieval travelling. Source criticism to
contemporary sources (chronicles, travel accounts, itineraries, books of travels, charters, etc.) within major topics
(such as war campaigns, pilgrimage, university peregrination, diplomacy, trade and crafts) constitutes an
important feature of the course.
Poslední úprava: Kučabová Veronika, Bc. (07.06.2024)
The course provides students with insights into different aspects of medieval travelling. Source criticism to
contemporary sources (chronicles, travel accounts, itineraries, books of travels, charters, etc.) within major topics
(such as war campaigns, pilgrimage, university peregrination, diplomacy, trade and crafts) constitutes an
important feature of the course.
Poslední úprava: Kučabová Veronika, Bc. (07.06.2024)
Podmínky zakončení předmětu -
Final test concerning lecture topics.
Poslední úprava: Kučabová Veronika, Bc. (07.06.2024)
Final test concerning lecture topics.
Poslední úprava: Kučabová Veronika, Bc. (07.06.2024)
Sylabus -
Lectures:
1. Primary and secondary sources
2. Roads and means of travelling
3. Viking migration
4. Knight crusaders
5. Itinerant Kings and Queens
6. Diplomats on the road
7. Peripatetic ecclesiastics
8. University peregrination
9. Pilgrimages
10. Trade and traders
11. Itinerant craftsmen
12. Libri viatici: portable books
13. Final test
Required readings:
LABARGE, Margaret Wade. Medieval Travellers: The Rich and Restless. London: Phoenix, 1982. ISBN: 0-75382-041-2.
OHLER, Norbert. The Medieval Traveller. Woodbridge: The Boydel Press, 1989. ISBN: 978-1-84383-507-3.
Poslední úprava: Kučabová Veronika, Bc. (07.06.2024)
Lectures:
1. Primary and secondary sources
2. Roads and means of travelling
3. Viking migration
4. Knight crusaders
5. Itinerant Kings and Queens
6. Diplomats on the road
7. Peripatetic ecclesiastics
8. University peregrination
9. Pilgrimages
10. Trade and traders
11. Itinerant craftsmen
12. Libri viatici: portable books
13. Final test
Required readings:
LABARGE, Margaret Wade. Medieval Travellers: The Rich and Restless. London: Phoenix, 1982. ISBN: 0-75382-041-2.
OHLER, Norbert. The Medieval Traveller. Woodbridge: The Boydel Press, 1989. ISBN: 978-1-84383-507-3.
Poslední úprava: Kučabová Veronika, Bc. (07.06.2024)