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Pilgrimages

Pilgrimages. Pilgrimage Basics. Pilgrimage: A journey one takes to a sacred place for religious reasons. The journey was usually long and required physical and mental readiness. Pilgrims stayed at hospices once they arrived to the shrine.

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Pilgrimages

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  1. Pilgrimages

  2. Pilgrimage Basics • Pilgrimage: A journey one takes to a sacred place for religious reasons. • The journey was usually long and required physical and mental readiness. • Pilgrims stayed at hospices once they arrived to the shrine. • Before returning, pilgrims received blessings from a bishop, and also had a session of penance. • When returning, pilgrims would wear a badge on their hat which was from the shrine they had visited.

  3. Attire of Pilgrims

  4. History of Pilgrimages • The first Christian Pilgrims set on pilgrimages to see the Holy Land. • Another reason for seeking the Holy land was to obtain individual spiritual enrichment. • Rome soon followed as another sight for the Pilgrims to visit. • Churches, baptisteries, and tombs in Europe began creating replications of buildings from the time of Jesus (i.e., tomb Jesus rose from, Jesus’s birthplace).

  5. Effect of Pilgrimages on Europe • Pilgrimage seemed to be strong enough to “set the stone for travel of all kinds.” • The Crusades began to be visualized as a pilgrimage. • Literature was also effected by the pilgrimages. • The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer includes stories told by pilgrims during their pilgrimage. • Number of cathedrals built increased.

  6. More Effects of Pilgrimage Cons Pros Pilgrimage led to the manifestation of language, culture, and ideas. Communication increased in time and importance. • Pilgrims sometimes became sick over the journey. • Pilgrimages led to pirates and highwaymen who often times gained from pilgrims.

  7. Pilgrims and Pilgrimages

  8. Bibliography • http://www.wga.hu/art/l/lafreri/pilgrims.jpg • http://hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t2w08pilgrimage.htm • http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pilg/hd_pilg.htm • http://www.fashion-era.com/images/calthrop/1066-1400/the-wife-of-bath-14th-century.jpg • http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10940/10940-h/images/fig058.png • http://www.pilgrimsandposies.co.uk/pics/Pilgrims%20in%20Undercroft.jpg • http://www.virtue.to/articles/images/1300s_real_surplice.jpg • http://www.transromanica.com/c_medien/73-pilgern-15.jpg • http://www.italiannotebook.com/new/wp-content/uploads/Via-Francigena-pilgrimage-route.jpg

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