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Another country, another time: "Profunda illa paenitentia est, cum laicus deponit arma et peregrinatur longe lateque, nudus pedes, qui bis non pernoctatur loco uno... qui ieiunet multum et vigilat, qui dies et noctes ardenter orat... et qui adeo est incultus ut nec crines nec ungues ferro tetigit..." Canones sub Edgaro rege et Dunstano episcopo, ch. 10, Mansi 18:514. A couple of solid oldies on the subject: F. Garrison, "A propos des pe`lerins et de leur condition juridique," Etudes d'histoire du droit canonique de'die'es a` Gabriel Le Bras (Paris, 1965), 2:1165-89; Eugen Wohlhaupter, "Wallfahrt und Recht," Wallfahrt und Volkstum in Geschichte und Leben, ed. G. Schreiber (Duesseldorf, 1934), 217-42. Esther ************************************* Esther Cohen Professor of Medieval History Department of History Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%