Polish Pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostella: Way of St. James in Poland
It is very difficult to estimate the exact scope of Polish pilgrimages to Santiago de
Compostela in the Middle Ages on the basis of preserved historical sources. The presence of pilgrims from Poland was mentioned in the Pilgrim Records of the Middle Ages found in the archive of the Kingdom of Aragon in Barcelona…
Silencing the Bells: A Statement of Power in Medieval Spain
Much scholarship has been devoted to researching and documenting the significance and metaphysical qualities of the ringing of the bells within Christian culture. Specific efforts have been made to capture bells from defeated cathedrals as symbols of victory throughout history.
Pilgrims and Fashion: The Functions of Pilgrims’ Garments
A medieval pilgrimage was a dangerous undertaking. The search for salvation and spiritual as well as physical healing could end in illness, injury, even death.
Medieval Italian pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela: New literary evidence
Medieval Italian pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela: New literary evidence By Gloria Allaire Journal of Medieval History, Volume 24, Issue 2 (1998) Abstract:…
Athletes of Virtue in the Age of the Caliphates: Monasticism and Pilgrimage in the Early Islamic ‘Holy Land’ c.650-900 CE
Equally vibrant developments have characterised the concurrent academic analysis of Early Islamic polemical discourse directed against Christian communities and associated monastic writers between the eighth and tenth centuries
Birgitta of Sweden and the Divine Mysteries of Motherhood
Birgitta of Sweden and the Divine Mysteries of Motherhood Stjerna, Kirsi Feminist Forum, 24, no. 1 (1997) Abstract St. Birgitta of Sweden is…
The Shepherd Goes to War: Santo Domingo Revisited
The Shepherd Goes to War: Santo Domingo Revisited Daas, Martha M.(Old Dominion University) eHumanista: Volume 11, (2008) Abstract The thirteenth century was witness…
Music Associated with Santiago and the Pilgrimage
Music Associated with Santiago and the Pilgrimage Pederson,E.O. Perspectives on the Camino: A collection of essays on the Camino (2007) Abstract The Medieval…
Recasting the Concept of the ‘Pilgrimage Church’: The Case of San Isidoro de León
Recasting the Concept of the ‘Pilgrimage Church’: The Case of San Isidoro de León By Therese Martin La Corónica, A Journal of Medieval…
An investigation and analysis of the activities of the Knights Templar in the North-East, specifically the Cleveland area, that provides an additional comment on the current historiography
An investigation and analysis of the activities of the Knights Templar in the North-East, specifically theCleveland area, that provides an additional comment on the current…
Men, Women, and Beasts at Clermont, 1095
When Pope Urban II called for a military campaign to the Holy Land in 1095, he launched what would be the first in a series of Christian crusades. But even more than that, he advocated a form of warfare that would be pleasing to God.
Ideology and Motivations in the First Crusade
Ideology and Motivations in the First Crusade By Jean Flori Palgrave Advances in the Crusades, ed. Helen J. Nicholson (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)…
Exempla and lineage: Motives for crusading, 900-1150
Why did people go on the First Crusade?
Who Went on the Crusades to the Holy Land?
Who Went on the Crusades to the Holy Land? By Christopher Tyerman The Horns of Hattin: Proceedings of the Second Conference of the…
Why Jerusalem? Why then? A study of the religious significance of Jerusalem to the West in 1095
Why Jerusalem? Why then? A study of the religious significance of Jerusalem to the West in 1095 Larson, Erin (Clemson University) PhD Thesis, Clemson…
Novgorodian Travelers to the Mediterranean World in the Middle Ages
Novgorodian Travelers to the Mediterranean World in the Middle Ages Matsuki, Eizo Studies in the Mediterranean World Past and Present (1988) Abstract “Novgorod…
Legend, Veneration, and Nationalism: The History of Devotion and Pilgrimage to the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa
Legend, Veneration, and Nationalism: The History of Devotion and Pilgrimage to the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa Młynarz, Mike (University of…
Book Explores Students’ Journey on Medieval Pilgrimage Route
Allison Gray walked with a fractured foot. Megan Drohan overcame distaste for the outdoors. Jessica Hickam Roffe found meaning and confidence. These former…
The Journey of Saint Catherine of Mount Sinai
The Journey of Saint Catherine of Mount Sinai Duelt, Daniel Duran Mediterraneum: The Splendor of the Medieval Mediterranean (13th-15th centuries), ed. Xavier Barral i Altet…
KALAMAZOO 2011: Session 47 – Thursday, May 12: The Sacred and the Secular in Medieval Healing I: Images and Objects
Session 47 – Thursday, May 12, 2011: The Sacred and the Secular in Medieval Healing I: Images and Objects Sponsor: AVISTA: The Association…
The Medieval Pilgrimage Business
The Medieval Pilgrimage Business By Adrian R. Bell and Richard S. Dale Enterprise and Society (2011) Abstract: Although medieval pilgrimage has been the…