Written by the Body: Early Christian Pilgrims as Sacred Placemakers

This paper uncovers how the journeys of the earliest Christian pilgrims constructed the very notion of sacred bodies and sacred place, consequently establishing the networks of pilgrimage routes that would be used by Western travellers from Late Antiquity onward.

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Published in:The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Main Author: Cianca, Jenn 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology [2019]
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Melito, Sardianus -190 / Pilgrim / Aetheria ca. 400 / Pilgrim / Pilgrimage path / Embodiment
RelBib Classification:AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
Further subjects:B Senses
B female pilgrims
B early Christian pilgrimage
B Sacred Space
B Gender
B embodied religion
B spatial practices
B sacred geography
B Early Christianity
B Pilgrimage
B Melito of Sardus
B fourth century
B Devotion
B Egeria
B itineraria
B Place
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Summary:This paper uncovers how the journeys of the earliest Christian pilgrims constructed the very notion of sacred bodies and sacred place, consequently establishing the networks of pilgrimage routes that would be used by Western travellers from Late Antiquity onward.
ISSN:2009-7379
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.21427/kam9-y363

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