This week, Danièle speaks with Dr. Valerie Hansen to get a global perspective on the Middle Ages at the turn of the millennium, including how cultures were connecting in the year 1000, what goods people were trading, and just how far the trade routes went.
Valerie Hansen is the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University. She is the author of The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began , and The Silk Road: A New History . Click here to visit her website or follow her on Twitter @VHansenYear1000
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Top Image: The world map of Muhammad al-Idrisi, created in the 12th century.
This week, Danièle speaks with Dr. Valerie Hansen to get a global perspective on the Middle Ages at the turn of the millennium, including how cultures were connecting in the year 1000, what goods people were trading, and just how far the trade routes went.
Valerie Hansen is the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University. She is the author of The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began, and The Silk Road: A New History. Click here to visit her website or follow her on Twitter @VHansenYear1000
The sponsor for this week’s episode is Skillshare – you sign up for a two-month free trial by going to www.medievalists.net/skillshare
You can also help support the podcast and Medievalists.net through our Patreon – go to https://www.patreon.com/medievalists to learn more.
You can subscribe to The Medieval Podcast via iTunes or our RSS feed – click here to listen to more episodes
The host of The Medieval Podcast is Danièle Cybulskie. Click here to visit her website or follow her on Twitter @5MinMedievalist
You also buy her book Life in Medieval Europe: Fact and Fiction through Amazon.com
Top Image: The world map of Muhammad al-Idrisi, created in the 12th century.
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