Anselmo Adorno was one of the most prominent and influential men of Western Europe in the late Middle Ages in the area between Flanders, the Duchy of Burgundy and Scotland. Negotiator, wise, magistrate, Anselmo left us the journey report Itinerarium Terrae Sanctae Anselmi Adorni, written by his son Giovanni, a source of extraordinary wealth for the details and descriptions of places, customs and customs of the peoples of the eastern Mediterranean. Of particular interest is also the description of the cities, the urban and rural landscape, the routes that Adorno traveled in his journey between 1470 and 1471. The article will therefore take the moves from this precious testimony to describe the Italy visited by the pilgrim of Bruges, including Genoa, a family town of Rome, Brindisi and the Apulian cities of Naples, and the route that from the eternal city led to Venice, Cologne and finally to the West Flanders.
Anselmo Adorno fu uno degli uomini più in vista e influenti dell’Europa occidentale del tardo medioevo nell’area compresa tra le Fiandre, il ducato di Borgogna e la Scozia. Negoziatore, saggio, magistrato, Anselmo ci ha lasciato la relazione di viaggio Itinerarium Terrae Sanctae Anselmi Adorni, scritta dal figlio Giovanni, fonte di straordinaria ricchezza per i dettagli e le descrizioni dei luoghi, degli usi e dei costumi delle popolazioni del Mediterraneo orientale. Di particolare interesse, inoltre, la descrizione delle città, del paesaggio urbano e rurale, delle rotte e delle vie che l’Adorno percorse nel suo viaggio tra il 1470 il 1471. L’articolo prenderà pertanto le mosse da questa preziosa testimonianza per descrivere l’Italia visitata dal pellegrino di Bruges, tra cui Genova, città di origine della famiglia, Roma, Brindisi e le città pugliesi, Napoli, e il tratto che dalla città eterna lo condusse a Venezia, Colonia e infine nelle Fiandre occidentali.
Borghi, B. (2017). Italy seen through the eyes of Anselmo Adorno. A Testimony of the Middle Ages. ALMATOURISM, 9(16), 1-23 [10.6092/issn.2036-5195/7280].
Italy seen through the eyes of Anselmo Adorno. A Testimony of the Middle Ages
BORGHI, BEATRICE
2017
Abstract
Anselmo Adorno was one of the most prominent and influential men of Western Europe in the late Middle Ages in the area between Flanders, the Duchy of Burgundy and Scotland. Negotiator, wise, magistrate, Anselmo left us the journey report Itinerarium Terrae Sanctae Anselmi Adorni, written by his son Giovanni, a source of extraordinary wealth for the details and descriptions of places, customs and customs of the peoples of the eastern Mediterranean. Of particular interest is also the description of the cities, the urban and rural landscape, the routes that Adorno traveled in his journey between 1470 and 1471. The article will therefore take the moves from this precious testimony to describe the Italy visited by the pilgrim of Bruges, including Genoa, a family town of Rome, Brindisi and the Apulian cities of Naples, and the route that from the eternal city led to Venice, Cologne and finally to the West Flanders.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.