Networks and Pilgrimages to Jerusalem
(BL Ms.Royal 14 C VII folio 4)
During the late Middle Ages pilgrimages to Jerusalem were an important connection linking northern Europe with the Mediterranean. During the course we studied three pilgrim accounts from the late fifteenth century in order to study pilgrimages and their place within multiple networks: textual communities that were sharing texts that incited people to visit the Holy Land in reality or in their imagination, spatial networks across lands and seas, social networks, religious networks and commercial networks. Finally, the visits of pilgrims to the Near East enabled intercultural connections with Muslims, Jews and eastern Christians.
Seminar instructor: Dr. M. Hoogvliet
Image: Matthew Paris' map of the route to Jerusalem, St. Albans 1250, British Library Royal MS 14 C vii f.5
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Seminar instructor: Dr. M. Hoogvliet
Image: Matthew Paris' map of the route to Jerusalem, St. Albans 1250, British Library Royal MS 14 C vii f.5
(www.bl.uk/onlinegallery)