Published: 2019-07-14

Mediaeval pilgrim badges and secular badges from Stargard

Iwona Wojciechowska
The Quarterly of the History of Material Culture
Section: Studies and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM67.2019.2.001

Abstract

The article is devoted to mediaeval pilgrim badges and secular badges found in recent years in the town of Stargard, in the former quarter XXVIII. The collection of six emblems includes two pilgrim badges from the sanctuaries in Maastricht and Cologne, one secular badge with the coat of arms of Brehna and three unidentified emblems made of an alloy of tin and copper. All those artefacts come from the oldest settlement strata of the chartered town.The context of the finds indicates that the analysed pilgrim badges were devotional objects (parts of home altars?). So far eight pilgrim badges have been discovered in Western Pomerania; the two new finds significantly enrich this collection. Research on secular badges from that area is still at an early stage.

Keywords:

Stargard, pilgrimages, pilgrim badges, secular badges, archaeology, late Middle Ages

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Wojciechowska, I. . (2019). Mediaeval pilgrim badges and secular badges from Stargard . The Quarterly of the History of Material Culture, 67(2), 139–149. https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM67.2019.2.001

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