The Medieval Church · c. 1468–1475
The Journey Beyond Three Seas
Afanasy Nikitin · d. c. 1475
What it is
A merchant from Tver travels to India and records, with real distress, that he has lost track of the Christian calendar and cannot keep the fasts or Easter.
Why it lasted
The earliest Russian account of India, and a rare medieval record of what it felt like to practise a faith with no community and no calendar.
Where to read it
This work is in the public domain and can be read in full, free, at the archives below. The Library catalogues it; it does not host the text.
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