Pilgrimage Explored

Author / Editor
Stopford, J[ennifer], ed.

Title
Pilgrimage Explored

Published
Woodbridge, Suffolk; and Rochester, N.Y. : York Medieval Press, 1999.

Physical Description
xviii, 214 pp.; 42 b&w figs.; illus. and maps.

Description
Ten essays on aspects of the anthropology and archeology of medieval and pre-medieval pilgrimage. Related to Chaucer studies are Ben Nilson, "The Medieval Experience at the Shrine" (pp. 95-122), which uses "The Tale of Beryn" as a source; and A. M. Koldeweij, "Lifting the Veil on Pilgrim Badges" (pp. 161-88), on sacred and secular badges.
Other essays discuss Christian and pre-Christian pilgrimage; Jacques de Vitry; pilgrimages to León, Santiago de Compostela, and Walsingham; and representations of Mt. Sinai.

Contributor
Nelson, Ben.
Koldeweij, A. M.

Alternative Title
"The Medieval Experience at the Shrine."
"Lifting the Veil on Pilgrim Badges."

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.
Chaucerian Apocrypha.