Intermediaries of faith: a comparative study of post-mortem pilgrimage and delegation in medieval christianity and Islam

[EN] The use of delegates to undertake pilgrimages to holy sites was a common practice during the Middle Ages among both Christian and Muslim believers. Despite fundamental differences between Christian (voluntary) and Islamic (obligatory) pilgrimage, both traditions resorted to delegation when indi...

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Autor: Carro Martín, Sergio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/422531
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/422531
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Christianity
Islam
Pilgrimage
Delegates
Wills
Certificates
Cristianismo
Peregrinación
Delegados
Testamentos
Certificados
Religious history
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spelling Intermediaries of faith: a comparative study of post-mortem pilgrimage and delegation in medieval christianity and IslamIntermediarios de la fe: un estudio comparado de la peregrinación post-mortem y la delegación en el cristianismo y el islam medievalCarro Martín, SergioChristianityIslamPilgrimageDelegatesWillsCertificatesCristianismoPeregrinaciónDelegadosTestamentosCertificadosReligious history[EN] The use of delegates to undertake pilgrimages to holy sites was a common practice during the Middle Ages among both Christian and Muslim believers. Despite fundamental differences between Christian (voluntary) and Islamic (obligatory) pilgrimage, both traditions resorted to delegation when individuals passed away without fulfilling this obligation. This practice, documented in Christian wills and Islamic pilgrimage certificates dated between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, has traditionally been studied separately. However, when analyzed together, it reveals a common origin based on eschatology, and strikingly similar case studies. This article seeks to bring together the available sources and documentation to elucidate the similarities and differences in the process of conducting post-mortem pilgrimages in both faiths.[ES] La utilización de delegados para realizar peregrinaciones a lugares sagrados fue una práctica común durante la Edad Media tanto entre los creyentes cristianos como musulmanes. A pesar de las diferencias fundamentales entre la peregrinación cristiana (voluntaria) y musulmana (obligatoria), ambas tradiciones recurrieron a la delegación cuando una persona había fallecido sin haberla llevado a cabo. Esta práctica, documentada en diversos testamentos cristianos y certificados de peregrinación islámicos fechados entre los siglos XI y XV, ha sido tradicionalmente estudiada por separado. Sin embargo, al analizarse en conjunto, revela un origen común basado en la escatología, y casos de estudio muy similares. Este artículo busca poner en común las fuentes y la documentación disponibles para esclarecer las similitudes y diferencias en el desarrollo de las peregrinaciones post-mortem en ambas religiones.This article has been partially carried out within the framework of the postdoctoral contract Margarita Salas (Funded by the European Union-NextGenerationEU, and the Spanish Ministry of Universities and Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, through a call from Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona), as well as with the support of the project «Looking for the context of fragmentary texts: zooming in and out on papyrus fragments from the Spanish collections» (PID2021-125950NB-C21), funded by MCIU/AEI/FEDER, EUPeer reviewedConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)European CommissionMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)Carro Martín, Sergio [0000-0002-9455-3567]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202620262025info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/422531reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2021-125950NB-C21https://doi.org/10.3989/aem.2025.55.2.1516Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/4225312026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Intermediaries of faith: a comparative study of post-mortem pilgrimage and delegation in medieval christianity and Islam
Intermediarios de la fe: un estudio comparado de la peregrinación post-mortem y la delegación en el cristianismo y el islam medieval
title Intermediaries of faith: a comparative study of post-mortem pilgrimage and delegation in medieval christianity and Islam
spellingShingle Intermediaries of faith: a comparative study of post-mortem pilgrimage and delegation in medieval christianity and Islam
Carro Martín, Sergio
Christianity
Islam
Pilgrimage
Delegates
Wills
Certificates
Cristianismo
Peregrinación
Delegados
Testamentos
Certificados
Religious history
title_short Intermediaries of faith: a comparative study of post-mortem pilgrimage and delegation in medieval christianity and Islam
title_full Intermediaries of faith: a comparative study of post-mortem pilgrimage and delegation in medieval christianity and Islam
title_fullStr Intermediaries of faith: a comparative study of post-mortem pilgrimage and delegation in medieval christianity and Islam
title_full_unstemmed Intermediaries of faith: a comparative study of post-mortem pilgrimage and delegation in medieval christianity and Islam
title_sort Intermediaries of faith: a comparative study of post-mortem pilgrimage and delegation in medieval christianity and Islam
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Carro Martín, Sergio
author Carro Martín, Sergio
author_facet Carro Martín, Sergio
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv European Commission
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Carro Martín, Sergio [0000-0002-9455-3567]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Christianity
Islam
Pilgrimage
Delegates
Wills
Certificates
Cristianismo
Peregrinación
Delegados
Testamentos
Certificados
Religious history
topic Christianity
Islam
Pilgrimage
Delegates
Wills
Certificates
Cristianismo
Peregrinación
Delegados
Testamentos
Certificados
Religious history
description [EN] The use of delegates to undertake pilgrimages to holy sites was a common practice during the Middle Ages among both Christian and Muslim believers. Despite fundamental differences between Christian (voluntary) and Islamic (obligatory) pilgrimage, both traditions resorted to delegation when individuals passed away without fulfilling this obligation. This practice, documented in Christian wills and Islamic pilgrimage certificates dated between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, has traditionally been studied separately. However, when analyzed together, it reveals a common origin based on eschatology, and strikingly similar case studies. This article seeks to bring together the available sources and documentation to elucidate the similarities and differences in the process of conducting post-mortem pilgrimages in both faiths.
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