Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 6: There and Back Again
Feb 8, 2021
47:05
The Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo story reaches its conclusion, and so does that of Timur aka Tamerlane.
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Sources:
- Narrative of the embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the court of Timour at Samarcand, A.D. 1403-6, translated by Clements R. Markham. Hakluyt Society, 1859.
- Embassy to Tamerlane: 1403-1406, translated by Guy le Strange. Routledge, 2005.
- Ahmad ibn 'Arabshah. Tamerlane or Timur the Great Amir, translated by J. H. Sanders. Luzac & Co., 1936.
- Manz, Beatrice Forbes. The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Manz, Beatrice Forbes. Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Marozzi, Justin. Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization. Penguin, 2019.
- Rubiés, Joan-Pau. "Late Medieval Ambassadors And The Practice Of Cross-Cultural Encounters 1250–1450," in The ‘Book’ of Travels: Genre, Ethnology, and Pilgrimage, 1250-1700, edited by Palmira Brummett.
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