This volume sheds new light on the significance and meaning of material culture for the study of pilgrimage in the ancient world, focusing in particular on Classical and Hellenistic Greece, the Roman Empire, and Late Antiquity. It thus discusses how archaeological evidence can be used to advance our understanding of ancient pilgrimage and ritual experience? The volume brings together a group of scholars that explore some of the rich archaeological evidence for sacred travel and movement, such as the material footprint of different activities undertaken by pilgrims, the spatial organization...
This volume sheds new light on the significance and meaning of material culture for the study of pilgrimage in the ancient world, focusing in parti...
Military Pilgrimage and the Commemoration of Conflict is the first volume to bring together a detailed analysis of professional military pilgrimage with other forms of commemorating military conflict. Using a comparative approach towards what has mostly been categorised as secular pilgrimage, the volume explores the relationship between religious, military and civilian participants. It questions western etic definitions of religion and locates this challenge within a cross-cultural analysis of emic categorisations where respondents and researchers seek to understand their journeys and...
Military Pilgrimage and the Commemoration of Conflict is the first volume to bring together a detailed analysis of professional military pilgrimage wi...
