Walking Through Cathedrals : Scholars, Pilgrims, and Medieval Tourists
- Author / Editor
- Trigg, Stephanie.
Walking Through Cathedrals : Scholars, Pilgrims, and Medieval Tourists
- Published
- New Medieval Literatures 7 (2005): 9-33.
- Description
- Distinguishes among "various ways in which medieval English religious sites are mediated for visitors," from cathedrals (including Canterbury) to the Canterbury Tales Visitor Attraction. Assesses the authenticity of visitors' experiences in light of theories of tourism, comments on Brian Helgeland's movie "A Knight's Tale," and concludes that there is no pure "medieval' separate from medievalism.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
- Recordings and Films.