Les savoirs dans les récits de voyage en Terre sainte à la fin du Moyen Âge. Permanences et évolution
There are many testimonies of the movement of people in the Middle Ages. Pilgrimage is one of the first causes of displacement. However, these pilgrims first and foremost had a spiritual purpose and not exploration through travel. They conform to symbolic rites, which has consequences on the narrati...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université Clermont Auvergne
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| Series: | Viatica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/616 |
| Summary: | There are many testimonies of the movement of people in the Middle Ages. Pilgrimage is one of the first causes of displacement. However, these pilgrims first and foremost had a spiritual purpose and not exploration through travel. They conform to symbolic rites, which has consequences on the narrative where the I disappears in favour of a collective us. Moreover, it is more a question of the traveller repeating what other pilgrims have written (through encyclopaedic, oral and lived sources) than of sharing a singular experience of the world. |
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| ISSN: | 2275-0827 |