IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 1320: Journeying along Medieval Routes, IV: Pilgrimage and the Middle East

Wednesday 14 July 2010, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:	Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Culture, University of Southampton
Organisers:	Alison Lucy Gascoigne, Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton Leonie V. Hicks, Department of History and American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University Marianne O'Doherty, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:	Alison Lucy Gascoigne, Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton
Paper 1320-a	Paula's Journeys: Emigration, Pilgrimage, and 'Walking the Bible' (Language: English) Sue Ellen Holbrook, Department of English, Southern Connecticut State University Index terms: Hagiography, Religious Life, Women's Studies
Paper 1320-b	Routes to Salvation: Travelling in the Holy Land in the 13th Century (Language: English) Liz Mylod, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Index terms: Archaeology - General, Crusades, Religious Life
Paper 1320-c	Pilgrims, Navigators, and the Reconstruction of the Medieval Nile Delta (Language: English) John P. Cooper, Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies, University of Exeter Index terms: Archaeology - General, Geography and Settlement Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies
Abstract	The final panel in the 'Journeying on Medieval Routes' series will assess the evidence for the experience of travelling provided by the accounts of late antique and medieval pilgrims, examining both Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and Muslim hajj to the Holy Cities of the Hijaz. Papers will address both the practical aspects of pilgrimage - which routes were used and the problems and advantages associated with them - as well as the emotional and spiritual aspects of pilgrimage journeys.