Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society
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The Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society, also known as PPTS, provides a collection of medieval documents, primarily chronicles of individual pilgrims such as during the Crusades
. The society was established in London, for the purpose of providing translations of those documents which were written by pilgrims and other travelers between the 4th and 15th centuries. Particular attention was given to accounts with geographical or topographical information, as well as accounts which discussed the manners and customs of the Holy Land
. The original narratives were written in a variety of languages, including Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Old French, Russian, and German.
The Society first started publishing its work in 1884, and continued for eleven years, publishing a total of twelve volumes. In 1896, these works were transferred to the Palestine Exploration Fund, for distribution to the members of the PPTS.
The collection is often cited as source material in scholarly works about the time period. A version is also available as The library of the Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society.
Certain well-known pilgrimages included are those of:
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars, blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem...
. The society was established in London, for the purpose of providing translations of those documents which were written by pilgrims and other travelers between the 4th and 15th centuries. Particular attention was given to accounts with geographical or topographical information, as well as accounts which discussed the manners and customs of the Holy Land
Holy Land
The Holy Land is a term which in Judaism refers to the Kingdom of Israel as defined in the Tanakh. For Jews, the Land's identifiction of being Holy is defined in Judaism by its differentiation from other lands by virtue of the practice of Judaism often possible only in the Land of Israel...
. The original narratives were written in a variety of languages, including Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Old French, Russian, and German.
The Society first started publishing its work in 1884, and continued for eleven years, publishing a total of twelve volumes. In 1896, these works were transferred to the Palestine Exploration Fund, for distribution to the members of the PPTS.
The collection is often cited as source material in scholarly works about the time period. A version is also available as The library of the Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society.
Certain well-known pilgrimages included are those of:
- Unknown Pilgrim of Bordeaux
- Saint JeromeSaint JeromeSaint Jerome is a Christian church father, best known for translating the Bible into Latin.Saint Jerome may also refer to:*Jerome of Pavia , Bishop of Pavia...
's Pilgrimage of the Holy Paula - Mukadda's description of Syria
- Jacques de VitryJacques de VitryJacques de Vitry was a theologian chronicler and cardinal from 1229 – 40.He was born in central France and studied at the University of Paris, becoming a regular canon in 1210 at the church of Saint-Nicolas d'Oignies in the Diocese of Liège, a post he maintained until 1216...
- Bohaedden's Life of SaladinSaladinṢalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb , better known in the Western world as Saladin, was an Arabized Kurdish Muslim, who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and founded the Ayyubid dynasty. He led Muslim and Arab opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant...
- John Poloner's description of the Holy Land
External links
- John Poloner's description of the Holy Land, Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society, provided online by Pueblo University
- WorldCat listing