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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.
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‘... an original and nuanced discussion of the real and imagined experiences of early medieval travellers’ - Early Medieval Europe (Volume 29/2, 2021).
‘... we see Luckhardt... cogently interweaving the mechanics and mental universes of medieval travelers in support of an eminently plausible assumption: early medieval travel cannot be understood without taking seriously the religious contours in which it was embedded’ - Journal of Late Antiquity (Volume 14/1, Spring 2021).
‘The breadth of the analysis—discussing both the physical as opposed to just the spiritual aspects of travel—makes the book a valuable contribution to understanding the period... Summing Up: Highly recommended’ – CHOICE May 2020.
