Medieval Pilgrimage
1st Edition
Published on 30. November 2025
130 pages
978-1-80270-426-6 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
1
6 Abbildungen, 1 s/w Tabelle
6 b/w ill., 1 b/w tbl.
File size
4,76 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-80270-426-6 (9781802704266)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
Contributor: John Jenkins John Jenkins is Director of the Centre for Pilgrimage Studies at the University of York. He is also the editor and translator of the Customary of the Shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral with Arc Humanities (2022).
