Early Franciscan Descriptions and Maps of the Holy Land

From the early fourteenth century, Franciscan authors contributed to the development and diffusion of new ways to represent the space of the Holy Land in texts and maps. One type in particular—the grid map (a text describing the Holy Land as a formal grid

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Writing the Holy Land The Franciscans of Mount Zion and the Construction of a Cultural Memory, 1300–1550 Michele Campopiano

The New Middle Ages Series Editor Bonnie Wheeler English and Medieval Studies Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX, USA

The New Middle Ages is a series dedicated to pluridisciplinary studies of medieval cultures, with particular emphasis on recuperating women’s history and on feminist and gender analyses. This peer-reviewed series includes both scholarly monographs and essay collections. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14239

Michele Campopiano

Writing the Holy Land The Franciscans of Mount Zion and the Construction of a Cultural Memory, 1300–1550

Michele Campopiano Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of English and Related Literature University of York York, UK

The New Middle Ages ISBN 978-3-030-52773-0    ISBN 978-3-030-52774-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52774-7 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Church of the Holy Sepulchre: woodcut, from Breydenbach’s Sanctae Peregrinationes (Mainz, 1846). Image from LACMA (lacma.org) This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

To my mother, Rita Del Prete To the memory of my father, Ettore Campopiano (1947–2020) Sol chi non lascia eredità d’affetti Poca gioia ha dell’urna

Preface

The volume you have in your hands is a study of the role of the Franciscans in Jerusalem in building a shared representation of the past of the Holy Land, a representation that is essential to understanding Latin Christianity’s self-definition.

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