Eastward bound

Rosamund Allen has taught in the University of London since 1965, at Bedford and Westfield Colleges, and now in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary

• List of figuresNote on Arabic transliterationsThe contributorsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The impact of the crusades on western geographical knowledge – Bernard Hamilton2. Sharing the sites: ‘Medieval Jewish Travellers to the Land of Israel – Elka Weber3. Travel in the medieval Islamic world: The importance of patronage, as illustrated by ‘Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (and other littérateurs) – Shawkat Toorawa4. Just a bunch of dirty stories? Women in the ‘Memoirs’ of Usamah Ibn Munqidh – iall Christie5. The mendicants as missionaries and travellers in the Near East in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries – Andrew Jotischky6. The intelligent pilgrim: Maps and medieval pilgrimage to the Holy Land – Catherine Delano-Smith7. Reviving the crusade: Sanudo's schemes and Vesconte's maps – Evelyn Edson8. The diversity of mankind in the Book of John Mandeville – Suzanne Conklin Akbari9. Travels with Margery: Pilgrimage in context – Rosalynn Voaden10. Of smelly seas and ashen apples: Medieval German pilgrimage literature – Anne Simon11. Late medieval Spanish travellers in the East: Clavijo, Tafur, Encina and Tarifa – Barry TaylorBibliographyIndex