A newly discovered travel account of a Florentine merchant visiting Canterbury and the shrine of Thomas Becket sheds light on late medieval devotion
Category: Medieval Tuscany
Campi Bisenzio in the Middle Ages
Between Prato and Florence lies a marshy and heavily industrialised landscape, crisscrossed by highways and heavily channelled waterways. In the Middle Ages, at Campi Bisenzio, it was the scene for a famous brawl.
Medieval Poggibonsi and Surroundings
Heavily bombarded during WW2Poggibonsi’s charm resides in the suburbs and its hidden gems: an open-air museum, a medieval inn and a nearby castle