Pilgrimage is making a comeback. How did a sleeping holy town transform to one of the most important holy sites in Christendom?
Sources:
James Harpur - The Pilgrim Journey: A History of Pilgrimage in the Western World
Paul Severn - A history of Christian pilgrimage
The Processes, Effects and Therapeutics of Pilgrimage Walking the St. Olav Way
Nanna Natalia Jørgensen Volda University College,
Ian Reader – The growth of Pilgrimage in the modern world: Reader, I. (2007). Pilgrimage growth in the modern world: Meanings and implications. Religion, 37(3), 210–229.
Hi there, my name is Jochem Boodt. I make the show The Present Past, where I show how the present has been influenced by the past. History, but connected to the present and fun!
Every episode I show how history has influenced and made a thing, an idea or event in our present time.