They feel closer to God.
They admitted only those pilgrims traveling from Constantinople. The began to welcome Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem. They doubled the taxes for traveling on the roads into Jerusalem. They closed the pilgrimage routes to Jerusalem.
'Pilgrim(s)' are a person or a group of people who are making a journey somewhere for religious purposes. The 'pilgrimage' refers to the journey they make. For Muslims the 'pilgrimage' would be the Hajj and the 'pilgrims' would be those Muslims making the Hajj that year. For Christians the 'pilgrimage' may be a trip to the Holy Land (Jerusalem) and the 'pilgrims' are the people making the visit.
Pietro Casola wrote a journal recounting his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1494, titled "The Pilgrimage of the Venetian Pietro Casola to Jerusalem." It is an important historical account of a pilgrimage during the late Middle Ages.
No On Christian pilgrimages the pilgrims may have used perfumed incense at holy places along their pilgrimage.
israel (jerusalem)
They are called "Pilgrims".
From 1949-1967, the Jordanian government controlled Jerusalem and banned all Jewish and numerous Christian pilgrims from visiting those sites as a way to antagonize Jews and Israel.Thankfully, when Israel retook the city, they did not extend the same unkindness to Muslims and Jordanians.
No, because it is not commanded in the Bible. All that means is that one should not be coerced in to pilgrimage, it can be a joyful and rewarding experience as in Chaucers day. I have been several times to Jerusalem and have both been a member of a group of pilgrims at Walsingham and a leader of such a group regularly!
Jerusalem
they made themselves pure
Yes, one of the definitions is "a pilgrim's journey."
Pilgrims are individuals who undertake journeys to sacred sites for spiritual or religious purposes. Notable examples include the Christian pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem, the Hajj undertaken by Muslims to Mecca, and the Hindu pilgrimage to the Ganges River. Additionally, historical figures like the Pilgrims who settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the 17th century exemplify this concept through their quest for religious freedom.