The road to Rome
Subtitle: travel and travellers between England and Italy in the Anglo-Saxon centuries
By: Stephen Matthews.
Series: BAR international series -- 1680
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781407301181
Subjects: Travel -- History -- To 1500; Travel, Ancient; Travelers -- Great Britain -- History; Travelers -- Italy -- History; Travelers -- Europe -- History; Civilization, Anglo-Saxon; Great Britain -- Description and travel -- History; Italy -- Description and travel -- History; Europe -- Description and travel -- History; Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066; Italy -- History -- 476-1268; Europe -- History -- 476-1492
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The sources; title: The timing, planning and duration of the journey; title: Who went and why; title: The mechanics of travel; title: The routes to Italy; title: A review of the evidence about the routes and individual travellers c. 600-c. 1066; title: Summary; title: Illustrations; title: Appendix 1. Travellers whose route is known or can be guessed, in chronological order; title: Appendix 2. List of travellers between England and Italy, who are known to have gone, their motives and sources; title: Appendix 3. The timing of the journesy; title: Appendix 4. The status of known travellers; title: Appendix 5. Miscellaneious references; title: Documentary appendix; title: Bibliography; title: Index of travellers; title: Index of places.