Pilgrimage in Medieval England
1st Edition
Published on 10. February 2007
388 pages
978-0-8264-3569-9 (ISBN)
Description
The men and women who gathered at the Tabard Inn in Southwark in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales are only the most famous of the tens of thousands of English pilgrims, from kings to peasants, who set off to the shrines of saints and the sites of miracles in the middle ages. As they traveled along well-established routes in the hope of a cure or a blessing, to fulfill a vow or to see new places, the pilgrims left records that let us see medieval people and their concerns and beliefs from a unique and intimate angle. As well as the most famous shrines, notably that of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury, Diana Webb also describes the many local pilgrimages and cults, and their rise and fall, over the English middle ages as a whole
"Webb's scholarly achievement deserves high praise" -Christina Hardyment, The Independent
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
22
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-3569-9 (9780826435699)
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Pilgrimage in Medieval England
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Diana Webb was Senior Lecturer in History at Kings College London, UK. Her previous books include Patrons and Defenders: the Saints in the Italian City States (1996); Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Medieval Europe (1999); Pilgrimage in Medieval England (2000); Medieval European Pilgrimage (2002); and Saints and Cities in Medieval Italy (2006).
Content
Illustrations
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Beginnings
2 Saints and Conquerors
3 From Wulstan to Becket
4 Saints, Bishops and Shrine Promotion
5 Images and Indulgences
6 Royal Pilgrimage
7 Unofficial Pilgimage
8 The Pilgrim's Voice
9 Pilgrims in a Landscape
10 Penitents and Critiscs
Notes
Index
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Beginnings
2 Saints and Conquerors
3 From Wulstan to Becket
4 Saints, Bishops and Shrine Promotion
5 Images and Indulgences
6 Royal Pilgrimage
7 Unofficial Pilgimage
8 The Pilgrim's Voice
9 Pilgrims in a Landscape
10 Penitents and Critiscs
Notes
Index
