Sumption, Jonathan.

The age of pilgrimage : the medieval journey to God / Jonathan Sumption. - Mahwah, NJ : HiddenSpring, c2003. - iv, 567 p. : maps ; pbk ; 22 cm.

Originally published: Pilgrimage. London : Faber & Faber, 1975.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 512-548) and index.

The cult of relics -- The saints and their relics -- The pursuit of the miraculous -- The medicine of the sick -- Origins and ideals -- The penitential pilgrimage -- The great age of pilgrimage -- The legacy of the Crusades -- The growth of a cult -- The journey -- The sanctuary -- Rome -- The later Middle Ages 1 -- The later Middle Ages 2 -- mediaeval christianity: religion to ritual.

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Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--History--To 1500.
Travel, Medieval.

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