Hunt Janin is an American writer living in southwestern France. He has written numerous nonfiction and scholarly books on a range of subjects, including medieval history and cross-cultural studies.

• Table of ContentsList of Maps viiiPreface      Introduction      I. Ghostly and Other Pilgrims      II. A Primer on the Importance of Jerusalem      III. The Old City      IV. Beginnings of the Jerusalem Pilgrimage: The First and Second Temples (c. 1000 BCE–63 BCE)      V. Pilgrims Under Roman and Byzantine Rule (63 BCE–638 CE)      VI. The Early Islamic Period: Christian and Muslim Pilgrimages (638–1095)      VII. "A Pilgrimage in Arms": The First Crusade and Its Aftermath (1095–1187)      VIII. More Crusades and More Pilgrims: The Ayyubid and Mamluk Dynasties (1187–1517)      IX. Pilgrimages Under Ottoman Rule (1517–1917)      X. Pilgrimages During the British Mandate and Under the Israelis (1917–2001)      XI. A Summing-Up: “Unity in Diversity” and the Symbolism of the Journey      Selected Chronology      Appendix I. Selected List of Accounts Cited, in Chronological Order      Appendix II. The Destruction of the Herodian Temple: An Account by Flavius Josephus, 70 CE      Appendix III. The Travels of St. Willibald, 720–726      Appendix IV. List of the Presents Brought Home from Jerusalem by Nompar de Caumont, 1420      Appendix V. Instructions for Christian Pilgrims, c. 1484      Appendix VI. Balfour and the Zionists      Appendix VII. Reports by Albright Fellows, 1990-2000      Notes      Selected Bibliography      Index      List of MapsIsrael today (CIA World Factbook 2000)      Circular map of the world, thirteenth century (The British Library)      Jerusalem: the Old City (Eklectica Graphic Design)      Mini-map from Bernhard von Breydenbach's map of Jerusalem, 1486(Courtesy of the Osher Map Library, University of Southern Maine)      Medieval “T in O” map (Eklectica Graphic Design)

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