Toward a Global Middle Ages, edited by Bryan C. Keene

Book of the week: Rachel Moss is intrigued by a bold attempt to demonstrate that the medieval world is much larger than we tend to think

Published on
September 26, 2019
Last updated
September 26, 2019
Josaphat speaking to the merchant Barlaam about the precious gem in Barlaam and Josaphat by Rudolf von Ems, follower of Hans Schilling (artist), Hagenau, Alsace, France (formerly Germany), 1469.
Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XV 9 (83.MR.179), fol. 43v
Josaphat speaking to the merchant Barlaam about the precious gem in Barlaam and Josaphat by Rudolf von Ems, follower of Hans Schilling (artist), Hagenau, Alsace, France (formerly Germany), 1469.

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The ancient Greeks sailed around Africa, over the course of a year, according to Herodotus.

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