Travel and Trade in the Middle Ages

In Travel and Trade in the Middle Ages, learn about the difficulty of traveling in medieval Europe and how people coped with the obstacles. With few maps, people traveled by following landmarks. The rich rode, while the poor walked. Bandits sometimes lay in wait for both. While some people traveled to find new lands to explore or goods to trade, others moved simply to find new lands to farm. Traders traveled the Silk Road across Europe and Asia or the Spice Route across the seas. Explore how trade and travel changed the lives of medieval peoples. Book jacket.MacDonald, Fiona is the author of 'Travel and Trade in the Middle Ages ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780836859089 and ISBN 0836859081.