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Sacred Sites: Pilgrims & Pilgrimage Routes

Sacred Sites: Pilgrims & Pilgrimage Routes

Di Frost, Alina

Pubblicato da epubli

English 2026 ISBN 9783565251001
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For centuries, millions of believers undertook arduous journeys to sacred destinations, seeking spiritual merit, miraculous healing, penance, or divine encounter. Pilgrimage networks connected distant regions, creating routes where religious devotion intersected with commercial exchange, cultural transmission, and political power. This history examines how pilgrimage shaped religious practice, urban development, and cross-cultural interaction from late antiquity through early modernity. Drawing on pilgrims' accounts, monastic records, archaeological evidence, and architectural studies, the narrative explores major pilgrimage traditions across faiths. Christian pilgrims traveled to Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre, Rome's apostolic sites, and Santiago de Compostela's relics of Saint James. Muslims performed hajj to Mecca, fulfilling Islam's fifth pillar while creating annual gatherings of unprecedented diversity. Hindus journeyed to Varanasi, Buddhists visited Bodh Gaya, and Shinto practitioners climbed sacred mountains in Japan. The book examines pilgrimage infrastructure and practice. Hospices, monasteries, and caravanserais provided shelter along routes. Guidebooks described distances, lodging, and notable sites. Badges and tokens authenticated journeys. Pilgrimage economies supported innkeepers, merchants, relic sellers, and local communities. Urban centers like Canterbury, Lourdes, and Karbala developed around pilgrimage traffic, constructing elaborate shrines and managing crowds. Beyond individual devotion, pilgrimage served multiple functions. Rulers encouraged pilgrimage to legitimize authority and demonstrate piety. Healers treated pilgrims at shrine complexes. Marginal groups—women, elderly, disabled—gained temporary autonomy during journeys. Routes facilitated artistic exchange, architectural innovation, and transmission of medical knowledge. Pilgrimage created shared religious identity while exposing travelers to diverse practices and beliefs.

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