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Traveling distances during the Middle Ages.

by AlexiosBlake

Let’s say your starting point is Trier and you have optimal circumstances during your journey. How far would you get if you were to travel for a year, once by foot once by horse?

y_sengaku

While not focusing on Trier that OP mentioned above, but I hope the following previous posts might largely satisfy OP's curiosity:

I'm a traveler in ad1200 going from Lübeck across the HRE to Rome on secular business; Do I travel alone or in a group? Do we camp every night in the woods or am I in a Tavern/Inn every night? answered by /u/PartyMoses and me (/u/y_sengaku)
Alfred the Great traveled to Rome from Wessex twice in his youth. Given the technology of the time, how long would this trip have taken? by me (about 2.5-3 months between Rome and southern England)
How far could a small group travel in medieval Europe per day? by me