Sacred Journeys in the Counter-Reformation

Sacred Journeys in the Counter-Reformationexamines long-distance pilgrimages toancient, international shrines in northwestern Europe in the two centuries afterLuther. In this region in the sixteenth and seventeenthcenturies, saints' cults and pilgrimage werefrequently contested, more so than in theMediterranean world. The central focus isthat of agency in religious change: whatdrove spiritual reform and what were itsconsequences for the 'ordinary' Catholic?This is explored through concepts of thereligious self, holy materiality, and sacredspace.