Pilgrimage in the spirit

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A pilgrimage in the spirit is a late medieval piety practice in which religious or laypeople reproduce in their imagination a pilgrimage to one of the most important pilgrimage centers (above all Jerusalem or Rome ). In many cases indulgences were granted for this piety exercise , which was usually based on the course of the pilgrimage on a daily basis . Pilgrimage devotions could be carried out in groups, for example by a convent , or individually.

The most famous text created in this context is the German-language writing of the Ulm Dominican Felix Fabri Die Sionspilger , a summary of his pilgrimage report to the Holy Land, which should enable Swabian Dominicans to understand the pilgrimage in their homeland (published in 1999 by Wieland Carls). Almost one example is the Spiritual voyage of Margaretha Ursula von Masmünster .

literature

  • Jacob Klingner : Journeys to Salvation - Two Ulm “Pilgrimages in the Spirit” from the end of the 15th century . In: Literary Spaces: Landscape, Memory, Knowledge. Edited by Martin Huber, Christine Lubkoll, Steffen Martus and Yvonne Wübben. Berlin 2012, pp. 59–74 ( excerpts from Google Books ).
  • Nine Robijntje Miedema: Guide to Rome pilgrims in the late Middle Ages and early modern times. Die, Indulgentiae ecclesiarum urbis Romae (German / Dutch). Edition and Commentary (Early Modern Era 72). Tübingen: Niemeyer 2003, pp. 398-462.
  • Wieland Carls: Felix Fabri, Die Sionpilger . Berlin 1999.