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Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages : a reader / edited by Brett Edward Whalen.

Other author/creatorWhalen, Brett Edward.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoToronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxiv, 385 pages : map ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Readings in medieval civilizations and cultures ; 16
Readings in medieval civilizations and cultures ; 16. ^A1014908
Contents The origins of Christian pilgrimage -- Saints, travelers, and sacred spaces in the early medieval West -- Jerusalem and the holy places under Islamic rule -- Pilgrimage before and after the millennium -- Pilgrimage and holy war -- Pilgrimage and medieval society -- Pilgrimage and the wider world -- Pilgrimage and piety in the late Middle Ages.
Contents The Origins of Christian Pilgrimage. Pausanias's Guide to Greece ; Josephus on the Jewish Temple at Jerusalem ; The Promised Land in Christian Scripture ; Eusebius on the Constantinian Peace ; The Discovery of the True Cross ; Julian the Apostate and the Temple Mount ; The Pilgrimage of Etheria ; Jerome on the Pilgrimage of Paula ; Jerome on the Cult of Saints ; The Life of Melania the Younger ; The Breviary of Jerusalem ; Life as Pilgrimage: Augustine's Confessions Saints, Travelers, and Sacred Spaces in the Early Medieval West. The Churches of Rome ; Devotion in Italy: Paulinus of Nola's Letters ; Gregory of Tours on Shrines and Miracles in Merovingian Gaul ; Pilgrims as Wanderers: The Voyage of Saint Brendan ; Penance and Pilgrimage ; Saint Boniface on Pilgrimage: Advice and Criticism ; Charlemagne and the Churches of Rome ; Regulating Pilgrimage in the Carolingian Empire ; The Translation and Miracles of Saints Marcellinus and Peter ; Criticizing the Cult of Saints: Claudius of Turin's Complaint ; The "Saracen" Sack of Saint Peter's Basilica -- Jerusalem and the Holy Places under Islamic Rule. A Christian Reaction to the Islamic Capture of Jerusalem ; The Night Journey of Muhammad ; The Pilgrimage of Arculf ; The Hodoeporicon of Saint Willibald ; Charlemagne's Legendary Journey to the East ; The Monk Bernard's Journey to Jerusalem ; Mukaddasi's Description of Syria ; Diary of a Journey through Syria and Palestine -- Pilgrimage Before and After the Millennium. Popular Devotion and the Peace of God ; The Miracles of Saint Foy ; A Penitent Pilgrim in Irons ; The Destruction of the Holy Sepulcher ; Millennial Devotion and Pilgrimage to the Holy Land ; The Pilgrimage of Richard of Verdun ; The German Pilgrimage of 1064-1065 ; A Canterbury Monk at Constantinople --Pilgrimage and Holy War. Peter the Hermit's Pilgrimage ; The Conquest of Jerusalem in 1099 ; The Relics of Saint George at Anchin ; Monastic Criticisms of Crusading and Pilgrimage ; The Pilgrimages of Bohemond of Taranto ; The Travels of Saewulf ; Pilgrimage from Russia to the Holy Land ; The Tomb of the Patriarchs ; Richard of Cornwall's Crusade -- Pilgrimage and Medieval Society. Guibert of Nogent, On Saints and their Relics ; Accommodating Pilgrims at the Church of St-Denis ; Miracles at the Shrine of Thomas Becket ; The Marvels of Rome ; A Miracle of Mary Magdalene ; The Pilgrim's Guide to St-James at Compostella ; Liturgy for Pilgrims and Crusaders ; Medieval Exempla and Pilgrimage ; Jewish Host Desecration and Christian Veneration -- Pilgrimage and the Wider World. Muhammad al-Idrisi's Description of Jerusalem ; The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela ; Rabban Sauma's Journey from the East ; Ibn Battuta on the Pilgrimage Sites of Mecca ; The Pilgrimage of Mansa Musa ; Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo at Constantinople ; Pero Tafur at Jerusalem -- Pilgrimage and Piety in the Late Middle Ages. The Jubilee Year of 1300 ; Pilgrimage and Satire: The Canterbury Tales ; Margery Kempe's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem ; The Tribulations of Brother Felix ; The Pilgrimage of Arnold von Harff ; Thomas More on Saints, Shrines, and Pilgrims ; Martin Luther on the Papacy and Pilgrimage ; Mexico Meets Jerusalem: Motolinia's History of the Indians of New Spain.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 382-385) and index.
Other formsIssued also in electronic formats.
LCCN 2011294444
ISBN9781442601994 (pbk.)
ISBN144260199X (pbk.)

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