ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the place of pilgrimage practice in the activities of the Bohemian Franciscan province in the period after the Council of Trent. It deals with the period after 1650, when the position of the Franciscans in the Czech lands became settled and pilgrimage practice represented an inseparable constituent of order activities. The chapter examines the influence of Franciscan pilgrimage upon lay society, focusing in particular on devotions that reflected Franciscan spirituality and simultaneously corresponded to the principles of early modern Catholicism. The chapter offers a fresh insight into Franciscan devotional activities and their impact on lay society in a period of revival for the Franciscans in the early modern period. Pilgrimage had its relevant place in the activities of religious orders, and the Franciscans were no exception. According to the legacy of their founder they were supposed to live like pilgrims on earth', tanquam peregrini, spreading the gospel to the world.
