One of the quirkiest strands is St Olav’s Waterway, a pilgrimage-cum-ferry hop from medieval Turku across some of the Finnish ...

A "pilgrim badge" from the Middle Ages featuring the design of a basilisk — a fearsome mythological creature akin to a dragon — has been discovered in southeast Poland. Such finds are rare and ...

Who ponders pilgrimage? Certainly researchers do, especially if they've hit the trails themselves. They come from fields as varied as religious studies and kinesiology, art history and dance, medieval ...

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The back is decorated with a crucifix design. The medieval church encouraged pilgrimage and pilgrims wanted to benefit from the power of the saints. This badge is evidence of a community of ...

Travelers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th-century Jacques de Vitry of ...