Writing the Holy Land

Michele Campopiano is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of York, UK. He has participated in a number of international projects and held several grants, including a Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers.

“This is a fine book by a fine scholar, one that centers the intellectual engagement of the Franciscan community at Mount Sion in the emergence of a distinctly Catholic understanding of the Holy Land.” (Megan C. Armstrong, Speculum, Vol. 99 (4), October, 2024)

• Introduction.- 1. The Franciscan Holy Land.- 2. The Convent Of Mount Zion And Book Production And Circulation.- 3. Early Franciscan Descriptions Of The Holy Land.- 4. Franciscan Compilations, Miscellaneous Manuscripts And Composite Volumes On The Holy Land.- 5. Franciscan Descriptions Of The Holy Land In The Fifteenth Century.- 6. Between The Late Middle Ages And The Renaissance.- 7. The Lists Of Holy Places And Indulgences (Indulgenziarii) And Their Diffusion.- 8. Franciscan Texts And Late Pilgrimage Accounts.- Conclusion.