Armstrong, Karen. Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1996.

An in depth study of the history of the Holy City and how it has influenced and been influenced by the three faiths of Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

Baldwin, Marshall W. Pilgrimages to Palestine Before 1500. New York: Putman and Sons, 1975.

Accounts of travels of various pilgrims with interesting descriptions of the inns that were so vital to the medieval traveler.

Bliss, Frederick Jones, Ph.D.. The Development of Palestine Exploration. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906.

This volume presents lectures delivered in 1903 about the history of exploration of the Holy Land. Dr. Bliss covers the entire spectrum, from the beginning of Western man’s interest in Palestine, to the present day. He even speculates about the future.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1994 ed., s.v. "Indulgences".

Complete definitions of terms and explanations of rites of the Catholic Church.

Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 ed., s.v. "Felix Faber", "Monastery of St. Catherine", "Order of Preachers and "Catherine of Alexandria".

Brief explanations of places and short biographies of people that are prominent in Catholic Church history.

Coleman, Simon and John Elsner. Pilgrimage: Past and Present in the World Religions. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995.

A guide through the vast and varied cultured territory that pilgrimages have covered across the ages.

Cousineau, Phil. The Art of Pilgrimage: A Seekers Guide to Making Travel Sacred. Berkeley: Canari Press, 1998.

A modern look at making a pilgrimage outward to the edges of the world, while at the same time journeying inside oneself to find the true meaning of pilgrimage.

Encyclopedia Britannica, 1994 ed., s.v. "Indulgences" and "Roman Catholicism".

Brief information of all kinds.

Fabri, Felix. The Wanderings of Felix Fabri. Translated by Aubrey Stewart, M. A. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1897.

This "little Book" by Fabri is quite full of all the things that he witnessed on his two pilgrimages to Jerusalem. He leaves out nothing. A beautiful insight into the humanity of one of the most oft quoted authors concerning medieval pilgrimages to the Holy Land.

Kendall, Alan. Medieval Pilgrims. New York: Putnam and Sons, 1970.

Examines pilgrims and pilgrimages in the context of Christianity. It looks at why people went and how they got to the Holy Land from the fourth century to the 1500’s.

Lash, Jennifer. On Pilgrimage: A Time to Seek. London: Bloomsbury, 1998.

A modern personal account of seeking the place that comes when one finds the motive for and the satisfaction of, completing a pilgrimage.

LeBeau, Bryan F. and Menachem Mor, eds. Pilgrims and Travelers to the Holy Land. Omaha: Creighton University, 1996.

Several articles that cover a wide range of topics dealing with the Holy Land.

McEvedy, Colm. The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History. New York: Penguin, 1992.

Not only maps, but also a broad overview of events that occurred during the Medieval Ages. It gives a good overall view of the world ending about 1500.

Peters, F.E. Jerusalem. New Jersey: Princeton University, 1985.

The Holy City down through history as described by a great many eyewitnesses whose testimonies survive to this day.

Prescott, H.F.M. Friar Felix at Large: A Fifteenth Century Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. New Haven: Yale, 1950.

A very scholarly and extremely interesting book on pilgrimage during the late middle ages. The book looks at a great many travelers, and yet it never loses its focus on the work of Fabri.

------------. Jerusalem Journey: Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in the 15th Century. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1954.

An in depth study of pilgrimages at the time of Felix Fabri. Prescott researches many other authors and shows her vast knowledge of this interesting topic.

------------. Once to Sinai: The Further Pilgrimage of Friar Felix Fabri. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957.

This book takes up where "...at Large" leaves off. The good Friar’s journey from Jerusalem to Mt. Sinai, and then across the desert to Cairo, Alexandria, and home.

Von Harff, Arnold. The Pilgrimage of Arnold Von Harff, Knight . Translated from German and edited with notes & introduction by Malcolm Letts, F.S.A. Nendeln/Liechstenstein: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1967.

Williams, Wes. Pilgrimages and Narratives in the French Renaissance: The Undiscovered Country. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.

Wright, Thomas. ed. Early Travels in Palestine. New York: KTAV Publishing, 1968.

Zumthor, Paul. "The Medieval Travel Narrative", New Literary History 25 (1994): 809-824

Zumthor draws on a variety of accounts to give the flavor of medieval travel narratives. He tries to explain how the environment affected the writings of medieval pilgrims.