Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader

by Brett Edward Whalen

Overview

Pilgrimage inspired and shaped the distinct experiences of commoners and nobles, men and women, clergy and laity for over a thousand years. Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader is a rich collection of primary sources for the history of Christian pilgrimage in Europe and the Mediterranean world from the fourth through the sixteenth centuries. The collection illustrates the far-reaching significance and consequences of pilgrimage for the culture, society, economics, politics, and spirituality of the Middle Ages. Brett Edward Whalen focuses on sites within Europe and beyond its borders, including the holy places of Jerusalem, and provides documents that shed light upon Eastern Christian, Jewish, and Islamic pilgrimages. The result is an innovative sourcebook that offers a window into broader trends, shifts, and transformations in the Middle Ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442601994
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	09/21/2011
Series:	Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures , #16
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Brett Edward Whalen is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of Dominion of God: Christendom and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages (Harvard University Press, 2009).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments



Introduction



Chapter One: The Origins of Christian Pilgrimage



1. Pausanias's Guide to Greece



2. Josephus on the Jewish Temple at Jerusalem



3. The Promised Land in Christian Scripture



4. Eusebius on the Constantinian Peace



5. The Discovery of the True Cross



6. Julian the Apostate and the Temple Mount



7. The Pilgrimage of Etheria



8. Jerome on the Pilgrimage of Paula



9. Jerome on the Cult of Saints



10. The Life of Melania the Younger



11. The Breviary of Jerusalem



12. Life as Pilgrimage: Augustine's Confessions



Chapter Two: Saints, Travelers, and Sacred Spaces in the Early Medieval West



13. The Churches of Rome



14. Devotion in Italy: Paulinus of Nola's Letters



15. Gregory of Tours on Shrines and Miracles in Merovingian Gaul



16. Pilgrims as Wanderers: The Voyage of Saint Brendan



17. Penance and Pilgrimage



18. Saint Boniface on Pilgrimage: Advice and Criticism



19. Charlemagne and the Churches of Rome



20. Regulating Pilgrimage in the Carolingian Empire



21. The Translation and Miracles of Saints Marcellinus and Peter



22. Criticizing the Cult of Saints: Claudius of Turin's Complaint



23. The "Saracen" Sack of Saint Peter's Basilica



Chapter Three: Jerusalem and the Holy Places under Islamic Rule



24. A Christian Reaction to the Islamic Capture of Jerusalem



25. The Night Journey of Muhammad



26. The Pilgrimage of Arculf



27. The Hodoeporicon of Saint Willibald



28. Charlemagne's Legendary Journey to the East



29. The Monk Bernard's Journey to Jerusalem



30. Mukaddasi's Description of Syria



31. Diary of a Journey through Syria and Palestine



Chapter Four: Pilgrimage Before and After the Millennium



32. Popular Devotion and the Peace of God



33. The Miracles of Saint Foy



34. A Penitent Pilgrim in Irons



35. The Destruction of the Holy Sepulcher



36. Millennial Devotion and Pilgrimage to the Holy Land



37. The Pilgrimage of Richard of Verdun



38. The German Pilgrimage of 1064-65



39. A Canterbury Monk at Constantinople



Chapter Five: Pilgrimage and Holy War



40. Peter the Hermit's Pilgrimage



41. The Conquest of Jerusalem in 1099



42. The Relics of Saint George at Anchin



43. Monastic Criticisms of Crusading and Pilgrimage



44. The Pilgrimages of Bohemond of Taranto



45. The Travels of Saewulf



46. Pilgrimage from Russia to the Holy Land



47. The Tomb of the Patriarchs



48. Richard of Cornwall's Crusade



Chapter Six: Pilgrimage and Medieval Society



49. Guibert of Nogent, On Saints and their Relics



50. Accommodating Pilgrims at the Church of St-Denis



51. Miracles at the Shrine of Thomas Becket



52. The Marvels of Rome



53. A Miracle of Mary Magdalene



54. The Pilgrim's Guide to St-James at Compostella



55. Liturgy for Pilgrims and Crusaders



56. Medieval Exempla and Pilgrimage



57. Jewish Host Desecration and Christian Veneration



Chapter Seven: Pilgrimage and the Wider World



58. Muhammad al-Idrisi's Description of Jerusalem



59. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela



60. Rabban Sauma's Journey from the East



61. Ibn Battuta on the Pilgrimage Sites of Mecca



62. The Pilgrimage of Mansa Musa



63. Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo at Constantinople



64. Pero Tafur at Jerusalem



Chapter Eight: Pilgrimage and Piety in the Late Middle Ages



65. The Jubilee Year of 1300



66. Pilgrimage and Satire: The Canterbury Tales



67. Margery Kempe's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem



68. The Tribulations of Brother Felix



69. The Pilgrimage of Arnold von Harff



70. Thomas More on Saints, Shrines, and Pilgrims



71. Martin Luther on the Papacy and Pilgrimage



72. Mexico Meets Jerusalem: Motolinia's History of the Indians of New Spain



Index of Topics



Sources

What People are Saying About This

Claire Fanger

Another indispensable book in an already very useful series from the University of Toronto Press. Brett Edward Whalen has selected a cogent and illuminating set of sources offering insights into pilgrimage as a metaphor, an idea, and a practice from the Patristic period to Martin Luther. Anyone who picks up this book will surely want to design a course around it.

Dee Dyas

A rich treasury of primary sources vividly bringing to life the background, practice, and significance of medieval pilgrimage. An invaluable resource for students and specialists alike.

Editorial Reviews

Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages, the sixteenth volume of the University of Toronto Press's "Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures" series, provides an impressively comprehensive collection of medieval pilgrimage narratives.—Comitatus
Overall, the volume supplies an invaluable teaching tool which—like others in the series—is ample and diverse enough to be deployed effectively in many types of courses. Study questions after each selection primarily encourage close reading and a search within the texts for answers, with some opportunities for speculative imagination and comparisons of different sources.—The Medieval Review

A rich treasury of primary sources vividly bringing to life the background, practice, and significance of medieval pilgrimage. An invaluable resource for students and specialists alike.—Dee Dyas, University of York
Another indispensable book in an already very useful series from the University of Toronto Press. Brett Edward Whalen has selected a cogent and illuminating set of sources offering insights into pilgrimage as a metaphor, an idea, and a practice from the Patristic period to Martin Luther. Anyone who picks up this book will surely want to design a course around it.—Claire Fanger, Rice University

From the Publisher

Overall, the volume supplies an invaluable teaching tool which—like others in the series—is ample and diverse enough to be deployed effectively in many types of courses. Study questions after each selection primarily encourage close reading and a search within the texts for answers, with some for speculative imagination and comparisons of different sources.

The Medieval Review

Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages, the sixteenth volume of the University of Toronto Press's "Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures" series, provides an impressively comprehensive collection of medieval pilgrimage narratives.

Comitatus