What was the main purpose of travelers in medieval period?
What was the main purpose of travelers in medieval period? In the lives of real medieval people, global travel typically fell into the categories of religious pilgrimage, warfare (i.e. the conflicts often called the Crusades) or long-distance trade.
Who traveled in medieval times?
Supporting and driving this increasingly dense, mobile, connected world was a blizzard of travel: messengers, embassies, pilgrims, merchants, vagabonds, preachers, missionaries, scholars, soldiers, explorers.
How far could a medieval person travel in a day?
Overall, I would say that the expected travel distance per day, in summer, in the good parts of England or France or Germany would be: Travel on foot, with luggage: 15 km / 9 miles. (75 km / 46 miles per week) Travel on foot, minimum luggage: 20-22 km / 12.5-14 miles.