Аргонавты Средневековья

The book tells about travels in the 7th-13th centuries, about the difficulties of distant wanderings and overcoming them, about the desire of people of that era to push the boundaries of the world known to them. Medieval explorers carried beliefs, fashions, craft traditions, works of art and writings from country to country. Their activities contributed to the mutual enrichment of cultures, the creation of a certain unity of the medieval culture of Eurasia. The author draws on extensive material from the field of literature, archeology, and the history of art, which testifies to the close contacts of various peoples and the significant role that the medieval "Argonauts" played in this process.