Literal, visual and allegorical itineraries to Jerusalem in late medieval England, c. 1330 - c. 1530

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The journey to Jerusalem permeates medieval literature, liturgy, wall and manuscript painting, mysticaland devotional writing, and cartography. This study will bring the cultural practice of pilgrimage toJerusalem and reading about pilgrimage to Jerusalem, liturgy, wall painting and devotional writing intoconversation with medieval literary theory and theorisation of sacred space in order to ask: what is therelationship between the literal, visual and allegorical itineraries depicted? How do they work? What arethey for? This study makes its contribution by linking evidence normally separated by discipline or genre,framed by an unusual dialogue between medieval theory of literary composition and sacred space. Aninterdisciplinary cultural-historical research project based in vernacular culture and manuscript research,it will reveal many new connections between text, material culture, and English social and devotional lifeon the eve of the Reformation.