Honors Theses
Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
History
First Advisor
Nicolas Trepanier
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
This thesis focuses on The Travels of Ibn Jubayr. Ibn Jubayr was a Muslim pilgrim from medieval Spain who made a religious pilgrimage to Mecca between 1183 and 1185. Temporally this places him on the eve of the Third Crusade. Ibn Jubayr traveled throughout the Mediterranean world and the Arabian Peninsula. It is his travelogue that provides a template for understanding the conditions of travelling that Ibn Jubayr and his contemporaries would have faced. The primary research question of my study is: what did travel in the late twelfth century entail? The core of this thesis revolves around the aspects of travelling that a medieval traveler would encounter, including: the importance of economic institutions, the spheres of military influence, the logistics of travelling, and the complications that the average traveler might expect to encounter on his or her journey. This thesis highlights that although militaiy structures were in place, the economic institutions that were present shaped the pilgrimage of Ibn Jubayr to a much greater degree.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Trevor David, "The Pilgrimage of Ibn Jubayr: A Microhistory of Travel During the Late Twelfth Century" (2013). Honors Theses. 2355.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2355
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