Pilgrims to Jerusalem in the Middle Ages

by Nicole Chareyron

Book Overview

"Every man who undertakes the journey to the Our Lord's Sepulcher needs three sacks: a sack of patience, a sack of silver, and a sack of faith."--Symon Semeonis, an Irish medieval pilgrim

As medieval pilgrims made their way to the places where Jesus Christ lived and suffered, they experienced, among other things: holy sites, the majesty of the Egyptian pyramids (often referred to as the "Pharaoh's granaries"), dips in the Dead Sea, unfamiliar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231132301
• ISBN13: 9780231132305
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher