Viajes y viajeros eclesiásticos de la Castilla medieval: ministerio, política y ocio (siglos XIII-XV)
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2023
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Arranz Guzmán, A. (2023). Viajes y viajeros eclesiásticos de la Castilla medieval: ministerio, política y ocio (siglos XIII-XV). Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie III, Historia Medieval, (36), 171–210. https://doi.org/10.5944/etfiii.36.2023.35962
Abstract
Los viajes protagonizados por eclesiásticos castellanos tuvieron un carácter muy similar al de sus correligionarios de otros reinos europeos, siempre acordes con la evolución de los tiempos en el desarrollo de la Iglesia institucional y de la política regia, con la salvedad de aquellos originados por su específica situación de tierra fronteriza con el Islam. Así, mientras que en los primeros siglos del Medievo los monjes ocuparon el lugar protagonista, desde la plenitud medieval la pauta estuvo marcada, sobre todo, por el clero secular y, en especial, por los obispos. El objetivo de este trabajo ha sido llevar a cabo un recorrido por sus diferentes viajes, utilizando tanto las fuentes cronísticas, como fuentes inéditas procedentes de diferentes archivos – en especial el Archivo Apostólico Vaticano-El resultado es un abanico tipológico extraordinario, que abarca desde los viajes propios de su ministerio hasta los de carácter diplomático, de estudio, peregrinaciones e, incluso, los ligados exclusivamente al ocio.
Travels undertaken by Castilian ecclesiastics were similar in character to those of their counterparts in other European kingdoms following the evolution in time of the development of the institutional Church and of royal policy, with the exception of those that took place in specific areas such as the borderlands with Islam. Hence, while at the onset of the medieval period, monks were the central figures in this movement, in the later Middle Ages the standard was set primarily by the secular clergy and especially by bishops. This study offers a wide typological spectrum that includes travels that were part of an ecclesiastic's ministry, to those whose purpose was diplomacy, learning, pilgrimages, and even some that were undertaken merely for leisure.
Travels undertaken by Castilian ecclesiastics were similar in character to those of their counterparts in other European kingdoms following the evolution in time of the development of the institutional Church and of royal policy, with the exception of those that took place in specific areas such as the borderlands with Islam. Hence, while at the onset of the medieval period, monks were the central figures in this movement, in the later Middle Ages the standard was set primarily by the secular clergy and especially by bishops. This study offers a wide typological spectrum that includes travels that were part of an ecclesiastic's ministry, to those whose purpose was diplomacy, learning, pilgrimages, and even some that were undertaken merely for leisure.