Dalla Scandinavia ai luoghi santi nel medioevo
From Scandinavia to the Holy Places in the Middle Ages
Abstract
L’articolo prende in esame testi e iscrizioni di area scandinava sull’esperienza dei pellegrinaggi nei secoli XI-XIV. Saghe, epigrafi commemorative, cronache, mettono in luce un grande interesse per i viaggi a sud, non solo a Roma, ma anche a est, fino al Califfato arabo, e a ovest nei santuari di Francia e Spagna. La diversa tipologia letteraria riflette altresì motivazioni differenti del viaggiatore nordico: interesse per luoghi esotici, desiderio di conquista di ricchezze e onori, volontà di espiazione e afflato religioso.
The article examines texts and inscriptions from the Scandinavian area on the experience of pilgrimages in the 11th-14th centuries. Sagas, commemorative epigraphs, chronicles, highlight a great interest for travel in the south, not only in Rome, but also in the east, up to the Arab Caliphate, and in the west in the sanctuaries of France and Spain. The different literary typology of the sources also reflects different motivations of the Nordic traveler: interest in exotic places, desire to conquer wealth and honors, desire for expiation and religious afflatus.
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