THE BEGINNINGS OF TRAVEL FOR CULTURE
Pilgrimages at the close of the Middle Ages - New objects for travel in
the fifteenth century - Humanism - Diplomatic ambition - Linguistic
acquirement.
CHAPTER II
THE HIGH PURPOSE OF THE ELIZABETHAN TRAVELLER
Development of the individual - Benefit to the Commonwealth - First books
addressed to travellers.
CHAPTER III
SOME CYNICAL ASPERSIONS UPON THE BENEFITS OF TRAVEL
The Italianate Englishman.
CHAPTER IV
PERILS FOR PROTESTANT TRAVELLERS
The Inquisition - The Jesuits - Penalties of recusancy.
CHAPTER V
THE INFLUENCE OF THE FRENCH ACADEMIES
France the arbiter of manners in the seventeenth century - Riding the
great horse - Attempts to establish academies in England - Why travellers
neglected Spain.
CHAPTER VI
THE GRAND TOUR
Origin of the term - Governors for young travellers - Expenses of travel.
CHAPTER VII
THE DECADENCE OF THE GRAND TOUR
The decline of the courtier - Foundation of chairs of Modern History and
Modern Languages at Oxford and Cambridge - Englishmen become
self-sufficient - Books of travel become common - Advent of the Romantic
traveller who travels for scenery.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
FOOTNOTES
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CHAPTER I
THE BEGINNINGS OF TRAVEL FOR CULTURE
Of the many social impulses that were influenced by the Renaissance, by
that "new lernynge which runnythe all the world over now-a-days," the
love of travel received a notable modification. This very old instinct
to go far, far away had in the Middle Ages found sanction, dignity and
justification in the performance of pilgrimages. It is open to doubt
whether the number of the truly pious would ever have filled so many
ships to Port Jaffa had not their ranks been swelled by the restless,
the adventurous, the wanderers of all classes.
