IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 739: Pilgrim Possibilities, I: Pilgrimage and Danger
Tuesday 4 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | History Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University |
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| Organiser: | Kathryn Hurlock, Department of History- Politics and Philosophy- Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Marci Freedman, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
| Paper 739-a | By Sea and by Land: The Spiritual Benefits of Dangerous and Difficult Travel (Language: English) Index terms: Maritime and Naval Studies, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 739-b | The Pilgrim Experience of East Roman Border Controls (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Social History |
| Paper 739-c | 'As if they were worshipping the stench of a dead horse': The Warnings of Jan Hus against the Veneration of the Holy Blood of Wilsnack (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
| Abstract | The purpose of these panels is to investigate the extent to which terms 'pilgrim' and 'pilgrimage' as concepts in Middle Ages changed over time, in space, and between religions. Here we place 'pilgrims' and 'pilgrimage' at the centre of the discussion to see they were impacted by the dangers encountered on the journey. Paper one focuses on the difficulties and dangers of crossing the alps in the later Middle Ages and the problems associated with pilgrimage to Rome in this period. Paper two looks at the challenges Holy Land pilgrims faced in crossing the border between Eastern and Western Christianity and the dangers and complications that arose from travelling in areas under Byzantine control. |