Trips, routes and itineraries
It is important to study the movements, routes and itineraries that structured the contacts between different places of worship and the relationships between them. Religious networks operate in space and time; any movement has a beginning, a destination, a route and a duration.
a) Analysis of the spatial aspects of places of worship: their location and relative position, whether they are located in central or liminal areas, etc. in order to study the religious topography, both in urban and extra-urban areas.
b) Study of the itineraries, both by land and by river, and the directionality of the movements to reveal the relationships between places, the existence of nodes, and the hierarchy between points.
c) Study of aspects related to distance and the existence of possible intermediate stations and any ephemeral or permanent constructions related to transit.
d) Analysis of the duration of trips and their periodicity or regularity, since they are events that can be connected to the documentation related to liturgical calendars.