A Mission to the Medieval Middle East

The Travels of Bertrandon de la Brocquière to Jerusalem and Constantinople

Bertrandon de la Brocquière (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

360 Seiten

2020
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-3849-9 (ISBN)

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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.

Professor Morris Rossabi, Professor of Inner Asian History, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University and Distinguished Professor of History, Queens College, The City University of New York. Bertrandon de la Broquiere (d. 1459) was born in the Duchy of Aquitaine and was esquire to Philip the Good. At the instigation of Philip he undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy land. Dressed as a pilgrim, he was essentially spying for Philip, who had plans to raise another Crusade to the Holy Land. Through the offices of Philip he contracted a marriage with the daughter of one of the richest heiresses in Artois. Bertrandon was present at the Battle of Gavere and was present when the conditions of peace were agreed. He died in 1459. Thomas Johnes was an MP, landscape architect, writer and social benefactor. A Fellow of the Royal Society, he translated a number of books from French into English.

Contents

New Introduction by Morris Rossabi
A Preliminary Discourse
The Travels of Bertrandon de la Broquière

Erscheinungsdatum	16.01.2021
Einführung	Morris Rossabi
Übersetzer	Thomas Johnes
Zusatzinfo	1 map
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7556-3849-2 / 0755638492
ISBN-13	978-0-7556-3849-9 / 9780755638499
Zustand	Neuware