ABSTRACT
In an earlier chapter the most prominent features of travel in the Dark Ages, the Christian pilgrimages, were considered down to about the end of the eighth century and we then turned to consider two special aspects of the succeeding period, the travels of the Vikings a#d the Arabs. Our last chapter carried us right down to the end of the Middle Ages, and we must now return to examine another aspect of travel at the beginning of the ninth century. The main motive of the travellers whose narratives have come down to us from the period a.d. 800–1200 is still, as before, that of pilgrimage.
