Description: This book presents new translations of a selection of Latin and French pilgrimage texts, and two in Greek, relating to Jerusalem and the Holy Land between the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187 and the loss of Acre to the Mamluks in 1291. Such texts provide information not only about pilgrimage itself, but also on church history, topography, architecture and the social and economic conditions in Palestine in this period. The translations are accompanied by explanatory footnotes and preceded by an introduction, which discusses the development of Holy Land pilgrimage in this period, and the context, dating and composition of the texts themselves.
Review Quotes: 'There is no doubt that Pringle's efforts will be greeted with great satisfaction by many different readers, since this anthology proves to be a wonderful contribution to Pilgrimage Studies.' Mediaevistik '... this volume represents an outstanding contribution to this important series of translated sources.' The Medieval Review 'Pringle has done a wonderful service to scholarship by providing these annotated translations in such a convenient format. The translations themselves are idiomatic and flow easily in the best of modern English; one does not feel that the original was in a different language. His great erudition is tightly focused by his first-hand knowledge of the City and the Land with the result that his commentaries are uniformly precise and illuminating.' Revue Biblique 'Professor Pringle brings to his study of these texts his profound knowledge of the physical and archaeological remains of the churches and other Frankish buildings of the period and a detailed acquaintance with the topography of the region, all clearly and usefully displayed in the succinct and helpful footnotes.' English Historical Review