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To be a pilgrim: a comparative study of late medieval accounts of pilgrimage from Germany and England to the Holy Land

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As a large-scale international cultural phenomenon, the Jerusalem pilgrimage must be approached comparatively. This project compares the pilgrimage accounts of two Germans and two Englishmen who travelled to Jerusalem in the second half of the long fifteenth century. The texts are those of William Wey, (written c.1470), Bernhard von Breydenbach (printed 1486), Arnold von Harff (written 1499) and the Pylgrymage of Sir Richard Guylforde, composed by his anonymous chaplain (prin...

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HUMS
Department:
Medieval & Modern Languages Faculty
Department:
Oxford
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Oxford
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Department:
Oxford
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Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford
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Deposit date:
2016-06-30

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