Introduction

Abstract

This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.1 On the distinction between holy and sacred, see Turner and Turner 1978; Turner 1979; Smith 1987; Stoddard and Morinis 1997. 2 The theoretical approach to the subject is described here as analysed in the outline of the project 'Von Venedig zum Heiligen Land. Ausstattung und Wahrnehmung von Pilgerorten an der Mittelmeerküste (1300-1550)' by Michele Bacci, who has worked extensively on these ideas. See Bacci 2004b; Bacci 2012; Bacci 2013a; Bacci 2031b; Bacci 2014; Bacci 2017a; Bacci 2018. 3 Concerning the sources of the pilgrims' travelogues of the Late Antique and Early Medieval periods, several collections and translations of the texts have been published: Geyer 1965;