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Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15291/gem.4360

frömde selczame ding in the traveler’s gaze. The Construction of Intercultural Spaces in Konrad Grünemberg’s Late Medieval Account of his Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

Julian Happer ; University of Freiburg
Julian Zimmermann ; University of Freiburg


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Abstract

In the second half of the 15th century, numerous Christian pilgrims
set out on the arduous and dangerous journey to Jerusalem. The
Mediterranean Sea that had to be crossed, specifically the crossing
from Venice and Jaffa, is perceived in the pilgrims’ accounts as a
space of danger to be overcome, but also as an intercultural space of encounter, and is constructed in narrative terms. This article analyses
the construction of this intercultural space using the example
of the pilgrimage account of Konrad Grünemberg, who travelled to
Jerusalem in 1486. The analysis shows that the pilgrims, depending
on their level of education and their respective socialisation, perceive
and construct different intercultural spatial layers that differ in
terms of their degree of abstraction.

Keywords

Interculturality, pilgrims‘ account, space, Mediterranean Sea, spatial turn, Konrad Grünemberg

Hrčak ID:

312046

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/312046

Publication date:

22.12.2023.

Article data in other languages: german

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