Publisher's Synopsis
The idea of pilgrimage has always provided an image of the inner life of the Christian, and this remains true for all who go on pilgrimage today. In the Middle Ages, the external aspect of travelling to the shrines of the saints was interwoven with the idea of the pilgrim's inner journey to the heavenly Jerusalem. In the wake of the Reformation, Christian pilgrimage began to be portrayed as life itself, the way being the way of the cross and the end leading to joy.
