Medieval Trade, Travel and Exploration covers the peoples, places, technologies and intellectual concepts that contributed to trade, travel and exploration throughout the world from 525 to 1492. Lavishly illustrated, Medieval Trade, Travel and Exploration is entirely multidisciplinary in scope and provides a one stop reference point for students of all disciplines.

Author Biography

John Block Friedman is professor emeritus of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and visiting professor of English at Kent State University-Salem. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He is the co-editor, with Jessica Wegmann-Sanchez, of Garland's Medieval Iconography: A Research Guide(1998). Kristen Mossler Figg is associate professor of English at Kent State University-Salem. She received her Ph.D. from Kent State University, where she did graduate studies in French and English.