New pilgrims on a medieval route: mobility and community on the "Tro Breiz"
Throughout Catholic Europe there has been a resurgence of interest in pilgrimage since the 1990s, despite dramatic declines in regular attendance at mass and other indicators of religious practice. One of the less well known European pilgrimages is the Tro Breiz, or tour of Brittany, a medieval long...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2014]
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Culture and religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 452-473 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brittany
/ Pilgrimage path
/ Catholicism
/ Educational tourism
/ Spirituality
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KBG France KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | Throughout Catholic Europe there has been a resurgence of interest in pilgrimage since the 1990s, despite dramatic declines in regular attendance at mass and other indicators of religious practice. One of the less well known European pilgrimages is the Tro Breiz, or tour of Brittany, a medieval long-distance walking pilgrimage in northwestern France that has recently been revived (or recreated). On the basis of ethnographic research carried out in 2012, I argue that the Tro Breiz fulfils participants' desires for connection to a community that transcends the self and is intimately linked to a particular regional heritage and identity. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5610 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2014.982668 |