Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World : Lodging, Trade, and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World : Lodging, Trade, and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World Lodging Trade and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Author: Olivia Remie Constable
The Greek pandocheion, the Arabic funduq, and Latin fondaco were hostelries for medieval Mediterranean travellers that evolved into centers of trade between Muslim and Christian regions. Olivia Remie Constable traces the evolution of this family of institutions from the pandocheion in Late Antiquity to the arrival of European merchants in Islami...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521819183
ISBN-10: 0521819180
Publication Date: 2/9/2004
Pages: 440
Rating:
  ?

0 stars, based on 0 rating
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review


Genres: