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Medieval European travel writers like Marco Polo were not what we could call textbook racists. But they were endlessly fascinated by the other religions they found around the world. Part XXXVII of our series Race, Racism, and the Middle Ages, by James Hill.
Medieval Europe's greatest travellers wrote avidly about hundreds of cultures across the world. What did they say about race? Part XXXIII of Race, Racism and the Middle Ages, by James Hill.