Medieval Pilgrimages: Beyond Tourist Paths

This episode looks at pilgrimage in medieval Britain—not as a leisurely travel mode, but as a spiritual, social and economic phenomenon that shaped roads, towns and identities long before the age of tourism. By drawing on contemporary records, artefacts and the networks they created we see why pilgrims mattered to ordinary people, local economies and the politics of faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices