RESOURCES FOR ARCH 0720 (in progress)

ONLINE RESOURCES

Oxford Reference 
searches across all the Oxford Dictionaries - World Encyclopedia, Dictionary of Buddhism, of the early Christian Church, etc.

European Medieval Pilgrimage Project

An Ancient Religious Pilgrimage That Now Draws The Secular
an article + radio story on the modern surge in pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago

The Egeria Project

Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations

Ancient World Mapping Center
an initiative at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Pilgrimage in Medieval Europe
Heilbrunn Timeline of World History, Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Buddhist Pilgrimage
Victoria and Albert Museum

Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam
a former exhibit at the British Museum

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Egeria: Monuments of Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean. (This has a good reference section for topics like pilgrimage architecture or the use of pilgrimage destinations by multiple religions, as well as entries dedicated to specific pilgrimage destinations and objects; it has a corresponding website at The Egeria Project.) 

MacDonald, Burton. 2010. Pilgrimage in Early Christian Jordan: A Literary and Archaeological Guide. Oxford: Oxbow Books. 

Matthews, John. 2006. The Journey of Theophanes: Travel, Business, and Daily Life in the Roman East. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 

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PILGRIMAGE-INSPIRED FICTION, TRAVEL WRITING, and FILM

You may also want to check out Heidi Oberholtzer (2003) "Pilgrimage in Literature of the Americas: Spiritualized Travel and Sacred Space," Religion and Literature 35.2/3: 1-9.

Downie, David. 2013. Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim                     Walks the Way of Saint James. Pegasus. 

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Lewis-Kraus, Gideon. 2013. A Sense of Direction:  Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful. 
           Riverhead Trade. 

The Way. 2010.
"Martin Sheen plays Tom, an irascible American doctor who comes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son (played by Emilio Estevez). Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage 'The Way of St. James' to honor his son's desire to finish the journey."

Coelho, Paulo. 2008. The Pilgrimage. HarperOne. 

Joyce, Rachel. 2012. The Unlikely Pilgrimage                     of Harold Fry. Random House. 

Manseau, Peter and Jeff Sharlet. 2003. 
Killing the Buddha: A Heretic's Bible. 
Free Press.