Romanesque Redivivus: A Full-Scale 3D Computer Reconstruction of the Medieval Cathedral and Town of Santiago de Compostela (ca. 1211)
Romanesque Redivivus: A Full-Scale 3D Computer Reconstruction of the Medieval Cathedral and Town of Santiago de Compostela (ca. 1211) Presentation at the Metropolitan…
The Pilgrims’ Way Revisited: The use of the North Downs main trackway and the Medway crossings by medieval travellers
Popular notions that the trackway that skirts the southern edge of the North Downs once served as the principal thoroughfare for pilgrims travelling to Becket’s shrine at Canterbury are commonplace.
How To Use a Medieval Pilgrimage Shrine: Pilgrims’ Interaction with Architecture and its Furnishings
The 31st Annual Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians How To Use a Medieval Pilgrimage Shrine: Pilgrims’ Interaction with Architecture and its Furnishings…
A Thirteenth-Century Meditational Tool: Matthew Paris’s Itinerary Maps
A Thirteenth-Century Meditational Tool: Matthew Paris’s Itinerary Maps By Dana Vasiliu British and American Studies, Vol.15 (2009) Abstract: This paper looks into the…
“[S]che was evry aferd”: Pilgrimage and Medieval Women in the Book of Margery Kempe
“[S]che was evry aferd”: Pilgrimage and Medieval Women in the Book of Margery Kempe By Huriye Reis Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol.22:2…
From the Worship of Relics to the Cult of Precious Blood
From the Worship of Relics to the Cult of Precious Blood Vauchez, André (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Institut de France) Tabularia « Études…
Pilgrimage and its Effects on San Paolo Fuori le Mura during the Middle Ages
Pilgrimage and its Effects on San Paolo Fuori le Mura during the Middle Ages By Alisa Cotter Proceedings of the 4th Annual GRASP…
“Revertere ad ecclesiam meam!” Dreams, visions and exhortations to undertake a pilgrimage in the canonisation process of Nicholas of Tolentino
“Revertere ad ecclesiam meam!” Dreams, visions and exhortations to undertake a pilgrimage in the canonisation process of Nicholas of Tolentino Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari (University…
Unchaste Female Pilgrims in the Later Middle Ages: Literary Representations as Reflections of Urban Cultural Reality
Unchaste Female Pilgrims in the Later Middle Ages: Literary Representations as Reflections of Urban Cultural Reality Peake, Rose-Marie MIRATOR 1 (2007) Abstract Despite…
Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and the Supporting Travel Network
I would like to consider here how a Roman hamlet such as Santiago de Compostela turned into one of three major holy places in Middle Ages, what historical significance the legends of Santo Jacob had, what motives moved many pilgrims to travel to Santiago de Compostela, what were ages, sexes, jobs and classes of pilgrims, and what communicative means and what travel network were used by medieval pilgrims.
Pilgrimage and Towns in Medieval Christianity
Christian pilgrimage was important for medieval towns and cultures. ‘Pilgrimage’ means visiting religious places where certain meaningful and important events happened, to entreat supernatural help and also keep religious responsibilities.
