Nowadays borders are a prevalent subject on the political agenda that’s kept alive by people who feel the need to belong within a certain defined area, secluded from external factors. But this wasn’t always the case. In the Middle Ages, borders didn’t exist and people like merchants, pilgrims or simply curious travellers used to globe-trot thousands of miles from one place to the other. Have a look here to see how the Middle Ages can teach us a thing or two about coexisting together without nationalism.