Pilgrims to Jerusalem in the Middle Ages.

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Author / Creator:	Chareyron, Nicole.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (627 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- History. Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Jerusalem. Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages. Middle East -- Jerusalem. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11174628

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Other authors / contributors:	Wilson, Donald W.
ISBN:	9780231529617 0231529619 0231132301 9780231132305
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-281) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	""Every man who undertakes the journey to the Our Lord's Sepulcher needs three sacks: a sack of patience, a sack of silver, and a sack of faith.""?Symon Semeonis, an Irish medieval pilgrimAs medieval pilgrims made their way to the places where Jesus Christ lived and suffered, they experienced, among other things: holy sites, the majesty of the Egyptian pyramids (often referred to as the ""Pharaoh's granaries""), dips in the Dead Sea, unfamiliar desert landscapes, the perils of traveling along the Nile, the customs of their Muslim hosts, Barbary pirates, lice, inconsiderate traveli.
Other form:	Print version: Chareyron, Nicole. Pilgrims to Jerusalem in the Middle Ages. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011 9780231132305

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