Bernard, Explorer of the Muslim Lake: a Pilgrimage From Rome To Jerusalem, 867
Leor Halevi
Abstract Bernard the Monk's Itinerarium is a ten-page guidebook for pilgrims traveling from Rome and Bari to Babylon Jerusalem. It has not been studied as source Mediterranean history. shows how late ninth-century economy was characterized by religious ideology. Islam Christianity acted differently in establishing "ethos" of an exchange. While Muslim law authority channeled exchange, Christian apocalypticism wished its end. Bernard's particular response occupation southern Italy. Such regarded typical "age ignorance" about Islam. But surprisingly knowledgeable, his account illustrates largely unknown chapter history encounter with
Medieval Encounters