Framing the Journey: Paratexts as Lieux de Mémoire in Early Modern Pilgrimage Narratives

• In Event: Lieux de mémoire of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Places, Texts, and People

Abstract

The paper will examine the paratexts (maps, illustrations, liturgical texts) in early modern printed pilgrimage accounts as lieux de mémoire. Using the famous pilgrimage account Hierosolymitana peregrinatio (1601), written by Prince Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł "the Orphan", as the main source, I will argue that these "factual" documents enrich the account by conveying the reader's imagination of both the past and present of the Holy Land and shaping Christian identity.

Author

• Eleonora Terleckienė, Vilnius U (Lithuania)