Santiago de Compostela

The Institute for Pilgrimage Studies at the College of William & Mary in Virginia was created to facilitate the study of pilgrimage through two primary mechanisms.

First, the Institute provides support for the international Consortium on Pilgrimage studies. The Institute supports the Consortium by:

Sums up basic aspects of women and pilgrimage for this encyclopedia on women and gender.

Explores aspects of gender and women with pilgrimage practice. Theoretical, art historical, literary, and historical aspects.

Examination of women pilgrims in late medieval England with focus on Walsingham, spatial theory, religious and secular texts, Margery Kempe, and approaches to women and pilgrimage.

Chapter on pilgrimage and multiculturalism in contemporary Europe

The project is about The Via Francigena and the other trans-national pilgrimage routes certified by the Council of Europe as tools of sustainable cultural tourism development and community participation to the enhancement of Europe's cultural and heritage diversity.