Medieval Welsh Pilgrimage, c.1100-1500

• Main Author: Hurlock, Kathryn (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The New Middle Ages
• Subjects: Literature, Medieval.; Religion-History.; Europe-History-476-1492.; Medieval Literature.; History of Religion.; History of Medieval Europe.

Medieval Welsh Pilgrimage, c.1100-1500 examines one of the most popular expressions of religious belief in medieval Europe-from the promotion of particular sites for political, religious, and financial reasons to the experience of pilgrims and their impact on the Welsh landscape. Addressing a major...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Promotion and Reward
• 3. Distance, Duration, and Difficulty
• 4. Authentic Pilgrimage
• 5. Family and Locality
• 6. Virtual Pilgrimage
• 7. Politics and Pilgrimage
• 8. Conclusion. .