Journeying along Medieval Routes in Europe and the Middle East

310 Pages·2016·3.29 MB·English

by  Alison L. Gascoigne

Journeying along Medieval Routes
in Europe and the Middle East
MEDIEVAL VOYAGING
General Editors
Margaret Clunies-Ross, University of Sydney
Jonathan Wooding, University of Sydney
Editorial Board
Alfred Hiatt, Department of English, Queen Mary College, University of London
Kim Phillips, Department of History, University of Auckland
Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
John Tolan, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Ange-Guépin, Université de Nantes
Founding Editor
Geraldine Barnes, University of Sydney
Previously published volumes in this series are listed at the back of the book
Volume 3
Journeying along Medieval Routes
in Europe and the Middle East
Edited by
Alison L. Gascoigne, Leonie V. Hicks,
and Marianne O’Doherty
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© 2016, Brepols Publishers n.v., Turnhout, Belgium
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ISBN: 978-2-503-54173-0
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Printed on acid-free paper
Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgements xi
Medi eval Routes: Journeys through Space and Scholarship
MARIANNE O’DOHERTY, ALISON L. GASCOIGNE, and LEONIE V. HICKS xii
Part 1. The Way through the Book:
Routes around the Holy Land
Framing Sanctity: The Staging of Holy Places as Initiation
for Christian Pilgrimage in Constantinian Jerusalem
RALF BOCKMANN 25
Routes to Salvation: Travelling through the Holy Land, 1187–1291
E. J. MYLOD 51
Part 2. Migrants, Colonizers, Travellers, and Geographers
in the Landscapes of Southern Italy
Problems and Patterns in Medi eval Migration:
The Case of Southern Italy (1000–1200)
PAUL OLDFIELD 89
Journeys and Landscapes of Conquest:
Normans Travelling to and in Southern Italy and Sicily
LEONIE V. HICKS 115
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Routes in Southern Italy in the Geographical Works of al-Idrīsī
JEAN-CHARLES DUCèNE 143
Part 3. The Route and the Journey:
Problems in the Reconstruction of Itineraries
and Routes in North-West Europe
Routes around the Royal Pfalz of Dornburg on the River Saale,
central Germany, in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries
PIERRE FüTTERER 169
Road Networks, Communications, and the Teutonic Order:
A Case Study from Medi eval Thuringia
CHRISTIAN OERTEL 205
The Itinerary of Edward I of England:
Pleasure, Piety, and Governance
JULIE E. CROCKFORD 231
Making Space for King John to Pray:
The Evidence of the Royal Itinerary
PAUL WEBSTER 259
Index 287
List of Illustrations
Figures
Figure 1, p. 30. The fourth-century Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Figure 2, p. 34. A schematic plan of fourth-century Jerusalem with the location
of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre inside the Roman city walls, and its
surroundings.
Figure 3, p. 176. Dornburg c. 1650; etching by Wilhelm Richter, in Zeiler, Topo-
graphia Superioris Saxoniae, Thüringiae, fols 42–43 bis.
Figure 4, p. 183. Maps from 1952–57 and 1900–45, indicating the routes of
hollow ways in the vicinity of Dornburg
Figure 5, p. 194. Ceramic finds from the area ‘In der alten Stadt’.
Figure 6, p. 218. The morpho logy of traces of hollow way (sunken road) types
Kastenhohlweg and Muldenhohlweg.
Figure 7, p. 219. Traces of a Kastenhohlweg (near Unterkoskau) and a Mulden-
hohlweg (between Lauterbach and Süßebach) in the lands cape.
Figure 8, p. 222. The ravine system between Buchwald and Reichenbach.
viii List of Illustrations
Maps
Map 1, p. 36. Fourth-century pilgrim routes.
Map 2, p. 54. The core area under Latin control during the period 1187–1291.
Map 3, p. 61. Twelfth-century pilgrim routes around the Holy Land.
Map 4, p. 61. Thirteenth-century pilgrim routes around the Holy Land.
Map 5, p. 66. Distribution of site types along the coast.
Map 6, p. 71. Distribution of site types in Galilee.
Map 7, p. 170. The political core areas and principal palaces of Ottonian ruler-
ship in Germany.
Map 8, p. 173. The contrasting layouts of Pöhlde and Tilleda, two different
types of palace.
Map 9, p. 178. The topography of Dornburg.
Map 10, p. 181. Overview of Dornburg with previous and subsequent resi-
dences in Thuringia and Eastern Saxony.
Map 11, p. 185. Sunken roads and the evidence enabling their identification in
the vicinity of Dornburg.
Map 12, p. 186. A reconstruction of the local road system of the tenth and
eleventh century in the vicinity of Dornburg.
Map 13, p. 189. A reconstruction of the road network of the tenth and eleventh
century in the wider region around Dornburg.
Map 14, p. 192. The road network in the immediate vicinity of Dornburg and
the suggested area of the royal Pfalz.
Map 15, p. 208. The territories of the Teutonic Order and its properties in
Germany (c. 1350).
Map 16, p. 214. The reconstructed roads between the properties of the Teu-
tonic Order in the Vogtland, including the Frankenstraße.
Map 17, p. 244. Route of Edward I’s tour of Scotland, 5 July–2 August 1291.
List of Illustrations ix
Map 18, p. 260. The Angevin Empire c. 1199.
Map 19, p. 268. Notable locations where John was present on major feast days
or Sundays dur ing Lent and Easter, and on or around feast days of the Virgin
Mary, 1199–1216.
Map 20, p. 273. Royal residences where John maintained chapels.
Map 21, p. 278. Distribution of religious houses where John might have expec-
ted prayers, 1199–1216.
Map 22, p. 279. John’s itinerary in Normandy in June 1200.
Charts
Chart 1, p. 243. Visits of various lengths as a percentage of total visits (n=1231)
during selected years of Edward I’s reign.
Chart 2, p. 244. Percentage of time spent by region during selected years of
Edward I’s reign (n=4171 days in total).
Tables
Table 1, p. 56. Thirteenth-century pilgrim guides.
Table 2, p. 147. European space divided by climates and sections, according to
al-Idrīsī.
Table 3, p. 180. Royal stays at Dornburg with details of the courts visited before
and afterwards.
Table 4, p. 238. Recorded days, selected years of Edward I’s reign.
Table 5, p. 241. Distance travelled during selected years of Edward I’s reign.
Table 6, p. 245. The most frequented locations during selected years of Edward
I’s reign.