International Scientific Conference „Travelling Pilgrimage Routes. Pilgrims from Polish and German Territories in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period”

“Vita hominis Peregrinatio” — this aphorism appears in the so-called Adagia from the first half of the 16th century, a collection of ancient proverbs, sayings, and phrases compiled by Erasmus of Rotterdam. This philosophical statement, “human life is a pilgrimage,” can also be seen as a reflection of reality in the late medieval and early modern periods. Pilgrimages played an important…