Session V The Socio-Economic Aspects of Pilgrimage 23 April 2009

Sorry that I did not do a post following the last class. This has been a rather hectic week, and I have only just finished doing the outline for tomorrow's session. 

Outline

The Socio-Economic Aspects of Pilgrimage

I. The Infrastructure of Pilgrimage, Pilgrims need:

A. Transportation

B. Food and Lodging

C. Safety

II. Transporting pilgrims

A. Types of Transportation

1. Walking

2. Water

3. Modern (railroad, automobile, airline)

B. Making routes

III. Housing and feeding pilgrims

A. Monasteries and convents

C. Commercial accommodation

IV. Safety on the route

A. Political centralization

B. Monastic orders

1. Orders founded to protect pilgrims (European examples include the Knights Templar and the Knights of St. John also known as the Hospitalliers and Knights of Malta)

2. Orders promoting pilgrimage (European example the Benedictines)

V. The economics of pilgrimage

A. Commerce to serve pilgrims

B. Pilgrimage and economic development

VI. Politics and pilgrimage

A. Pilgrimage and national identity

B. Pilgrimage and cultural "imperialism"

VII. Pilgrimage and cultural change

"Europe was forged on the road to Compostela"