This book offers a fresh, approachable look at medieval pilgrimage in the Christian West, the first of its kind in over twenty years and the first to take account of prevailing trends in anthropological studies of pilgrimage. Previous works have described pilgrimage as it happened in the medieval period, but this study also offers a framework for understanding the concept of pilgrimage. The book first challenges the reader to question the definition of pilgrimage itself and provides a critical overview of the key historical and anthropological literature. It then presents readers with a short history of medieval pilgrimage, fleshing out the core argument that pilgrimage was both contested and dynamic, and firmly rooted in its local and regional contexts. It concludes by exploring the vexed question of reconstructing the medieval pilgrim experience, emphasizing the messiness and unpredictability of pilgrim behaviour.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2025
Copyrightjahr
2025
ISBN-Print
978-1-80270-224-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-426-6
ePub ISBN
9781802704273
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Past Imperfect
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
130
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
List of Illustrations Kein Zugriff
Foreword Kein Zugriff
Introduction. What Is Pilgrimage? Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 20
Chapter 1. The Historiography and Anthropology of Pilgrimage Kein Zugriff Seiten 21 - 42
Chapter 2. The Landscape of Pilgrimage Kein Zugriff Seiten 43 - 88
Chapter 3. The Experience of Pilgrimage Kein Zugriff Seiten 89 - 112
