History 2149A/B Lecture 7: Lecture 7 - A Pilgrim's Definition of Progress
3 Mar 2017
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Lecture 7 - a pilgrim"s definition of progress. Form of spirituality that ordinary people could partake in. Religion of top down - ordinary people did not have voice. How ordinary people saw world led to pilgrimage. Church as originally hostile to pilgrimage - worried that people would misunderstand purpose of religion. By 2nd century thousands were travelling as pilgrimages - jerusalem, burial places of saints, desert mothers and father. Can look at pilgrim hotels to see how many pilgrims there are. Strong centralized state and economic boom encouraged more people to go on longer journeys (better roads) Church gave pilgrims special status, special clothing, legal protection, and guaranteed hospitality which became huge expense for church. Medieval spiritual world : god is very present in world, close intimate relationship, spiritual and natural are intertwined. Purgatory: 11th century, place you went to after your died and paid for.
