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The Age of Pilgrimage: The Medieval Journey to God
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The Age of Pilgrimage: The Medieval Journey to God. By Jonathan Sumption. Mahwah, NJ.: HiddenSpring, 2003. iv + 567 pp. $24.00 (paper).
Originally published as Pilgrimage in 1975, this book's new title more accurately indicates its full scope, which encompasses both the narrower phenomenon of medieval pilgrimage as well as the more universal aspirations with which pilgrimage was intimately entwined, namely, the medieval Christian s journey toward salvation. In writing narrowly about pilgrimage, Sumption reveals what it meant to be a medieval Christian in a broader sense.
He lays the foundation for understanding pilgrimage by addressing some of the most recognizable …
