Medieval European Pilgrimage, C.700 - C.1500
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: July 19, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780333762592
Subjects: Christian pilgrimage; History of specific subjects; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Europe - General; Holidays - Christian; Medieval; Religion / Church History; 600-1500; Christian pilgrims and pilgrim; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages; Church history; History; Middle Ages, 600-1500
First sentence: Scattered testimonies suggest that Christians may have been paying religiously motivated visits to Palestine before 300, or even 200, but there has been debate as to whether their motives identify them as pilgrims in the sense familiar later.