Wilhelm von Boldensele
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Wilhelm von Boldensele
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Wilhelm von Boldensele, born Otto of Nygenhusen, was a German friar, knight and pilgrim from Saxony. He visited Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and the Levant and wrote an account of his travels in Latin, Liber de quibusdam ultramarinis partibus et praecipue de Terra sancta. A friar prior to his pilgrimage, Otto took the name William upon leaving the Dominican Order. He traveled to the eastern Mediterranean under Papal auspices between 1332 and 1336. He was probably on a reconnaissance mission for a
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14th century German friar, knight, pilgrim and writer
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2024-04-19T10:39:34Z
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