Pereira, Ana Carolina Subtil2024-01-312024-01-312023-01-11978-1-5275-9275-9PURE: 27770900PURE UUID: 19dc0561-bfde-4ef6-8952-faede77e128ahttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/162922UIDB/04666/2020 UIDP/04666/2020It is well known that ever since ancient times there are records of pilgrimages between Portugal and the Holy Land – this was especially true during the Early Modern Age. Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, the adventurous spirit of the Early Modern agents and the expansion of the Portuguese power into some Eastern areas resulted in the increase of the journeys and pilgrimages’ records written by Portuguese who travelled to Jerusalem. But how did the historical actors of the 16th and 17th centuries perceived the history of the Near East - namely the one of sacred places? And which were the perceptions they had on Biblical Antiquity? Travel literature regarding the pilgrimages to the Holy Land provides several perspectives concerning these issues. Taking the texts of Jerónimo Calvo, Francisco Guerreiro, António de Lisboa, Pantaleão de Aveiro, D. Álvaro da Costa and António Soares de Albergaria, I intend to analyse some references to the geography and to the biblical characters or episodes of the Old Testament, evaluating the interpretations that these travellers assigned them.11653309engPortuguese travellers16th and 17th centuriesLand routesBiblical historyReception of Antiquitybook part