General Overview:
Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, Early Modern Europe 1450-1789 (New York: Cambridge University Press 2013), 23-24. Sandra Sider, Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe (New York: Facts On File 2005), 119-232.
Larissa Taylor, Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage (Brill 2009). Early Modern Europe 1450-1789, provides a general overview on the life, and impact of pilgrims had on culture and the economy in their travels around the world. This source provides a background prior Renaissance era, but still allows us to understand and analyze changes in culture leading up to the 17th century through other sources. Christian pilgrimages were primarily motivated by holy sites such as Canterbury, Jerusalem, and Santiago de Compostela. These travelers encouraged the establishment of inns, hostels, and shops along the routes encouraging economic growth and business. Pilgrims often undertook great risk in pursuing these sites, and it was not uncommon for them to fall victim to the religious turmoil of foreign nations. Similar to the text book written by Wiesner-Hanks, Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage, focuses of the events leading up to
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The central question to this article is how did the English reformation impact pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. This article analyzes the account of Richard Guldeford’s pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Rehav Rubin, “One City, Different Views: A Comparative Study of Three Pilgrimage Maps of Jerusalem,” Journal of Historical Geography 32 (2006): 267-290. Although this article has a more geographical approach, it does provide an interesting analysis on the depictions Jerusalem. The article analyzes how the Holy City was viewed through the eyes of different pilgrims compared to other travelers, despite their