Roamin’ Holiday: Protestants on Foot in the Eternal City
This article analyses accounts of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Anglophone travellers to Rome who encountered and described Catholic rituals of walking. These visitors observed Catholic rituals such as pilgrimages and processions so closely that they came to understand the act of walking and wa...
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| description | This article analyses accounts of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Anglophone travellers to Rome who encountered and described Catholic rituals of walking. These visitors observed Catholic rituals such as pilgrimages and processions so closely that they came to understand the act of walking and ways of walking as expressions of religious identity. They also used the language of walking to interpret such moments of encounter in their narratives. Taken together, this evidence demonstrates the centrality of walking to their understanding of a religiously diverse Europe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3269552c53d3408b9674f59ac68b00112023-11-18T03:04:41ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-05-0114561110.3390/rel14050611Roamin’ Holiday: Protestants on Foot in the Eternal CityEmily Michelson0School of History, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9BA, UKThis article analyses accounts of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Anglophone travellers to Rome who encountered and described Catholic rituals of walking. These visitors observed Catholic rituals such as pilgrimages and processions so closely that they came to understand the act of walking and ways of walking as expressions of religious identity. They also used the language of walking to interpret such moments of encounter in their narratives. Taken together, this evidence demonstrates the centrality of walking to their understanding of a religiously diverse Europe.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/5/611walkingearly modern travelearly modern RomeCatholicismspectacleprocessions |
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