Mobility and travel have always been key characteristics of human societies. Travels shaped religions and societies and were a way for people to understand themselves, this world, and the transcendent. This book analyses travelling in its social context in ancient and medieval societies.
Mobility and travel have always been key characteristics of human societies. Travels shaped religions and societies and were a way for people to understand themselves, this world, and the transcendent. This book analyses travelling in its social context in ancient and medieval societies.
Jenni Kuuliala is a university researcher at Tampere University, Finland. Her research interests include hagiography, pilgrimage and the social history of medicine in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. Jussi Rantala is a postdoctoral researcher at Tampere University, Finland. His research concentrates on historiography, identity and power in Classical Antiquity, particularly in the Roman Empire.
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List of figures List of maps Preface 1. Introduction Jenni Kuuliala and Jussi Rantala 2. Pilgrimage, Mobile Behaviours and the creation of Religious Place in early Roman Latium Emma-Jayne Graham 3. The Meaning of Roads: A Reinterpretation of the Roman Empire Ray Laurence 4. The Sacred Travel of the Valesius' Family: Children and the liminal Stage Katariina Mustakallio 5. When Kings and Gods meet: Agency and Experience in Sacred Travel from Alexander the Great to Caracalla Jaakkojuhani Peltonen 6. Roman Imperial Family on the Road: Power and Interaction in the Roman East during the Antonine Era Sanna Joska 7. Pilgrimage in Pausanias Jussi Rantala and Ville Vuolanto 8. Pilgrim's Devotion? Christian Graffiti from Antiquity to the Middle Ages Eva-Maria Butz and Alfons Zettler 9. The Rise of St. James' Cult and the Concept of Pilgrimage Klaus Herbers 10. Pedes habent et non ambulabunt: Mobility Impairment in Merovingian Gaul Christian Laes 11. Sacralizing the Journey: Liturgies of Travel and Pilgrimage before the Crusades M. Cecilia Gaposchkin 12. 'Not all those who wander are lost'. Saintly Travellers and their Companions in medieval Scandinavia Sara E. Ellis Nilsson 13. 'The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never'. Practices of interurban Travelling on Horseback from Antiquity to the Middle Ages Fabienne Meiers 14. Entertaining and Educating the Audience at Home: Eye-witnessing in Late Medieval Pilgrimage Reports Stefan Schröder 15. A Native Lord in the Spanish Royal Court: The Transatlantic Voyage of Don Pedro de Henao, Cacique of Ipiales Lauri Uusitalo Index
List of figures List of maps Preface 1. Introduction Jenni Kuuliala and Jussi Rantala 2. Pilgrimage, Mobile Behaviours and the creation of Religious Place in early Roman Latium Emma-Jayne Graham 3. The Meaning of Roads: A Reinterpretation of the Roman Empire Ray Laurence 4. The Sacred Travel of the Valesius' Family: Children and the liminal Stage Katariina Mustakallio 5. When Kings and Gods meet: Agency and Experience in Sacred Travel from Alexander the Great to Caracalla Jaakkojuhani Peltonen 6. Roman Imperial Family on the Road: Power and Interaction in the Roman East during the Antonine Era Sanna Joska 7. Pilgrimage in Pausanias Jussi Rantala and Ville Vuolanto 8. Pilgrim's Devotion? Christian Graffiti from Antiquity to the Middle Ages Eva-Maria Butz and Alfons Zettler 9. The Rise of St. James' Cult and the Concept of Pilgrimage Klaus Herbers 10. Pedes habent et non ambulabunt: Mobility Impairment in Merovingian Gaul Christian Laes 11. Sacralizing the Journey: Liturgies of Travel and Pilgrimage before the Crusades M. Cecilia Gaposchkin 12. 'Not all those who wander are lost'. Saintly Travellers and their Companions in medieval Scandinavia Sara E. Ellis Nilsson 13. 'The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never'. Practices of interurban Travelling on Horseback from Antiquity to the Middle Ages Fabienne Meiers 14. Entertaining and Educating the Audience at Home: Eye-witnessing in Late Medieval Pilgrimage Reports Stefan Schröder 15. A Native Lord in the Spanish Royal Court: The Transatlantic Voyage of Don Pedro de Henao, Cacique of Ipiales Lauri Uusitalo Index
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