LEADER 02931oam 2200625I 450 001 9910787723503321 005 20230617013242.0 010 $a1-135-49579-3 010 $a0-203-95944-2 010 $a1-135-49572-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203959442 035 $a(CKB)2670000000518598 035 $a(EBL)1619046 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001108885 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12471873 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001108885 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11103845 035 $a(PQKB)11299137 035 $a(OCoLC)874171675 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1619046 035 $a(OCoLC)870272953 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000518598 100 $a20180331d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTraveling through text $emessage and method in late medieval pilgrimage accounts /$fElka Weber 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (219 p.) 225 0 $aStudies in medieval history and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-367-86416-9 311 $a0-415-97577-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; A Note about Notes; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Significance of Medieval Religious Travel Writing; Chapter One Place; Chapter Two Text; Chapter Three Relationship; Chapter Four Alienation; Chapter Five Sacred Sites; Conclusion; Notes; Index 330 $aTraveling through Text compares religious ravel writing by Muslims, Christians and Jews in later Middle Ages. This comparative approach allows us to see that writers in all three religious communities used travel writing in the same way, to shape the perceptions of their readers by asserting the author's authority. The central paradox of religious travel writing is that the travel writer reads about a place, usually in a sacred text, decide to supplement the reading with the empirical experience of visiting and describing the place, and the creates his own descriptive text. But in writing this 410 0$aStudies in Medieval History and Culture 606 $aChristian pilgrims and pilgrimages$zPalestine 606 $aMuslim pilgrims and pilgrimages$zPalestine 606 $aJewish pilgrims and pilgrimages$zPalestine 607 $aPalestine$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aChristian pilgrims and pilgrimages 615 0$aMuslim pilgrims and pilgrimages 615 0$aJewish pilgrims and pilgrimages 676 $a203/.5/0956940902 700 $aWeber$b Elka$f1968,$01498800 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787723503321 996 $aTraveling through text$93724442 997 $aUNINA