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The road to Rome : travel and travellers between England and Italy in the Anglo-Saxon centuries /

Title
The road to Rome : travel and travellers between England and Italy in the Anglo-Saxon centuries / Stephen Matthews.
Author
Matthews, Stephen.
Publication
Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2007.

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Description
vii, 136 p. : ill., maps; 30 cm.
Series Statement
BAR international series ; 1680
Subject
  • Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
  • Europe > History > 476-1492
  • Europe > History
  • Great Britain > History > Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
  • Great Britain > History
  • Italy > History > 476-1268
  • Italy > History
  • Travel > History > To 1500
  • Travel, Ancient
  • Travelers > Europe > History
  • Travelers > Great Britain > History
  • Travelers > Italy > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction -- The sources -- The timing, planning and duration of the journey -- Who went and why -- The mechanics of travel -- The routes to Italy -- A review of the evidence about the routes and individual travellers c. 600-c. 1066 -- Summary -- Illustrations -- Appendix 1. Travellers whose route is known or can be guessed, in chronological order -- Appendix 2. List of travellers between England and Italy, who are known to have gone, their motives and sources -- Appendix 3. The timing of the journesy -- Appendix 4. The status of known travellers -- Appendix 5. Miscellaneious references -- Documentary appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of travellers -- Index of places.
ISBN
  • 9781407301181
  • 1407301187
LCCN
2007534085
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library