Charisma of Distant Places - Travel and Religion in the Early Middle Ages

List of contents

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Practicalities of early medieval travel
2 Contested space, sacred space in the Holy Land
3 The pull of Rome
4 Monastic migration and social motion
5 Unfreedom and religious migrations
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Courtney Luckhardt is Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, USA.

Summary

This cultural history of early medieval travel and religion reveals how movement affected society, demonstrating the connectedness of people and regions between 500 and 850 CE. In The Charisma of Distant Places, Courtney Luckhardt enriches our understanding of migration through her examination of religious movement.

Product details

• Authors: Luckhardt, Courtney Luckhardt, Courtney L Luckhardt
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367137359
• ISBN: 978-0-367-13735-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture; Studies in Medieval History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / General, Religion & beliefs, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Religion and beliefs, History and Archaeology, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE