Images of the Educational Traveller in Early Modern England:

by Sara Warneke and Warneke

While educational travel was extremely popular among early modern Englishmen, the practice attracted extensive public criticism. Rather than examining travel itself, this book explores the vivid public images of educational travellers, their development and popularity, and the fears and prejudices in English society that engendered them.
The first part of the book examines the medieval background of English travel abroad, the enthusiasm for educational...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004101268
• ISBN13: 9789004101265
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"