Travel, Communication and Geography in Late Antiquity: Sacred and Profane

By Linda Ellis and Frank L. Kidner

Travel, Communication and Geography in Late Antiquity brings together a set of papers that consider anew issues of travel, communication and landscape in Late Antiquity. This period witnessed an increase in long-distance travel and the construction of large new inter-provincial communications networks. The Christian Church's expansion is but one example of both phenomena. The contributions here present readers with new research on the explosion in travel and large-scale communication, and the effect on this of different geographical possibilities and limitations. The papers deal with a variety of travel experiences (religious pilgrimages; travel for work and educational purposes; journeys of the soul) and writings about travel; they look at various kinds of communication (ecclesiastical communication; communication for commerce; and the communication of religious identity); and they examine both physical and psychological aspects of geography, travel and communication.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075463535X
• ISBN13: 9780754635352
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"