Bale A. Putevoditel’ po srednevekovyyuz; mir glazami uchenykh, shpionov, kuptsov i palomnikov / transl. I. Kriger, scient. ed. S. Mereminsky, ed. L. Danilkin. Moscow: Alpina non-fiction, 2025. 504 p. (A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Thro

Anthony Bale’s book explores the history of travel in the late Middle Ages. The author focuses not only on the motivations of medieval Europeans to travel but also their routes, transport, services available to travellers (ranging from accommodation at inns to professional guides), impressions, fears, risks, hardships and inconveniences, as well as the endless expenses of travelling. Bale’s book is based on the extensive number of both narrative and documentary sources but is wittily framed as a guidebook and has immediately become a bestseller among all publications on medieval history.