Pilgrims And Politics: Rediscovering The Power Of The Pilgrimage (compostela International Studies In Pilgrimage History And C)
by Antón M. Pazos /
2016 / English / PDF
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The objective of this book is to analyse the historical
relationships between the phenomenon of Christian pilgrimage and
political power within Europe, from the Middle Ages up to the
present day. It establishes a discussion in which the twelve
contributors to the volume can compare very different situations,
such as the medieval pilgrimages and politics in the Latin East as
part of warfare and conflict resolution, the significance and
reality of pilgrimages in late medieval England or in Rome during
the papacy of Innocent III, the 'two-way traffic' pilgrimages in
the Tuscan city of Lucca, or the pilgrimages in Eastern European
countries as an aspect of opposition to communist power. A major
focus is on the pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela, an important
Christian sanctuary from the time of the discovery of the tomb of
the apostle St James in the 9th century. Topics covered include the
Way of St James as seen through medieval Muslim sources, the
political reading of the apostolic cult as an ideological
instrument of the propaganda of the Asturian monarchy, Santa Maria
de Roncesvalles as an example of political involvement in the
assistance of the Jacobean pilgrims, the Order of St John as
protector of the medieval pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela, or
the nationalist use of the pilgrimages as an element of national
unification and internal cohesion during the Spanish Civil War. The
final chapter provides a broader, global perspective on pilgrimages
up to present times.
The objective of this book is to analyse the historical
relationships between the phenomenon of Christian pilgrimage and
political power within Europe, from the Middle Ages up to the
present day. It establishes a discussion in which the twelve
contributors to the volume can compare very different situations,
such as the medieval pilgrimages and politics in the Latin East as
part of warfare and conflict resolution, the significance and
reality of pilgrimages in late medieval England or in Rome during
the papacy of Innocent III, the 'two-way traffic' pilgrimages in
the Tuscan city of Lucca, or the pilgrimages in Eastern European
countries as an aspect of opposition to communist power. A major
focus is on the pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela, an important
Christian sanctuary from the time of the discovery of the tomb of
the apostle St James in the 9th century. Topics covered include the
Way of St James as seen through medieval Muslim sources, the
political reading of the apostolic cult as an ideological
instrument of the propaganda of the Asturian monarchy, Santa Maria
de Roncesvalles as an example of political involvement in the
assistance of the Jacobean pilgrims, the Order of St John as
protector of the medieval pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela, or
the nationalist use of the pilgrimages as an element of national
unification and internal cohesion during the Spanish Civil War. The
final chapter provides a broader, global perspective on pilgrimages
up to present times.
