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Pilgrimage Explored

  • Hardback
  • 234 pages
  • Publisher: Boydell& Brewer Ltd
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

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The enduring importance of pilgrimage as an expression of human longing is explored in this volume through three major themes: the antiquity of pilgrimage in what became the Christian world; the mechanisms of Christian pilgrimage (particularly in relation to the practicalities of the journey and the workings of the shrine); and the fluidity and adaptability of pilgrimage ideology. In their examination of pilgrimage as part of western culture from neolithic times onwards, the authors make use of a range of approaches, often combining evidence from a number of sources, including anthropology, archaeology, history, folklore, margin illustrations and wall paintings; they suggest that it is the fluidity of pilgrimage ideology, combined with an adherence to supposedly traditional physical observances, which has succeeded in maintaining its relevance and retaining its identity. They also look at the ways in which pilgrimage spilled into, or rather was part of, secular life in the middle ages.Dr JENNIE STOPFORD teaches in the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. Contributors: RICHARD BRADLEY, E.D. HUNT, JULIE ANN SMITH, SIMON BARTON, WENDY R. CHILDS, BEN NILSON, KATHERINE J.LEWIS, DEBRA J. BIRCH, SIMON COLEMAN, JOHN ELSNER, A.M. KOLDEWEIJ.
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  • Title

    Pilgrimage Explored

  • Author

    J. Stopford

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Boydell& Brewer Ltd

  • Published

    May 1999

  • Weight

    509g

  • Page Count

    234

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780952973430

  • ISBN-10

    095297343X

  • Eden Code

    1173859

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