Pilgrimage art in the Middle Ages as a physical experience

When one mentions a medieval pilgrimage, many today imagine an almost fanatical religious act. Such an idea is based on modern prejudices about medieval religion, which is now commonly associated with irrationality, manipulation, lack of tolerance, and often violence. But how did a medieval pilgrimage actually take place? What did a medieval pilgrim and the world around him look like? And what is the relationship between pilgrimage and art? These are some of the questions this book seeks to answer. It accompanies a medieval pilgrim on his journey through the countryside to his destination, church interior, and it shows, as in it thanks to art, the smell of incense, He experienced the sacred with all his senses, in the candlelight and pleasant coolness. One thing seems certain: In the pre-modern world, as well as today, travel was a life-changing experience that left no one indifferent.