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Pilgrimage

The English Experience from Becket to Bunyan

  • Hardback
  • 286 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 23.6 x 2.4 cm

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For history enthusiasts and scholars of religion

Reveals the impact of pilgrimage on English spirituality

You will gain insights into faith and culture's evolution

Explore the rich history of pilgrimage in medieval England through this enlightening book.

Pilgrimage was a central feature of medieval English life which affected history, politics, art and literature. The shrines were destroyed during the Reformation and pilgrimage stopped, yet the idea of pilgrimage continued - refashioned - in Protestant theology and in the exploration of the newly discovered world. By reaching beyond the Reformation to explore the transformation of the idea of the pilgrim in Protestant spirituality, this book confronts the religious experience of the English laity over half a millennium. The attractions for pilgrims of journeys to Jerusalem and to Canterbury and other English religious shrines are considered, while the political aspects of pilgrimage are discussed in relation to the architectural, documentary and pictorial evidence for the expression of lay piety in late medieval England. The cult of St Thomas of Canterbury is studied in particular detail, up to the suppression and in the revival of the cult in the sixteenth century.
Pilgrimage and Sepulchre of Christ and the Medieval West
Sepulchre of Christ and the Medieval WestPilgrimage

  • Title

    Pilgrimage

  • Author

    Colin Morris

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2002

  • Weight

    591g

  • Page Count

    286

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 23.6 x 2.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521808118

  • ISBN-10

    0521808111

  • Eden Code

    1151689

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