Ill on the Road. Aelius Aristides' pilgrimages from the perspective of landscape, movement and narrative.

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Religious Studies (MA)

Brink, Lineke (2016)

Ill on the Road. Aelius Aristides' pilgrimages from the perspective of landscape, movement and narrative.

Master thesis | Theology and Religious Studies (Master)

In this thesis social-anthropological theory about pilgrimage is applied to a case of pilgrimage in antiquity, as described in the Hieroi Logoi of Aelius Aristides, a autobiographical series of six books. It aims to show how the theory can help understand pilgrimage in antiquity better, in this case from the viewpoint of landscape, movement and narrative. By studying the text through close reading, conclusions were formulated about the influence of the illness on Aristides' pilgrimages and about the usefulness of the theories used.