Ludolph von Suchem's Description of the Holy Land, and of the Way Thither: Written In The Year A.D. 1350 (Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor)

Von Suchem, Ludolf

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108061826 ISBN 13: 9781108061827

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Very little is known about Ludolf von Suchem, who made a journey to the Holy Land in 1336–41 and later described his experiences in considerable detail. This English translation, by Aubrey Stewart (1844–1918), of Ludolf's Latin text was published in 1895.

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Beyond the fact that he made a journey to the Holy Land between 1336 and 1341, very little is known about Ludolf von Suchem (whose first name may in fact have been Rudolf). However, his work has long been regarded as a major source of information about the eastern Mediterranean in the fourteenth century, owing to its high level of detail. Ludolf states his intention to describe the region, its buildings, towns, fortified places, people, customs, stories and legends, drawing on both his own observations, and on information from the 'kings, princes, nobles and lords' with whom he spent days and nights in conversation. Some stories are clearly travellers' tales, but others, like his account of the fall of Acre (1291), based on reports by eyewitnesses, are both full and convincing. This English translation, by Aubrey Stewart (1844–1918), of Ludolf's Latin text was published in 1895.