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First ever detailed study of lost medieval shrines in English
cathedrals. Almost all the great medieval shrines disappeared at
the Reformation, yet for several centuries they were the outward
and visible sign of the spiritual benefits believed to flow from
proximity to the saint's body, and an importantwitness to the
spiritual life of the middle ages. They were the focal point of
prayer and pilgrimage, but also a critical economic factor in the
life of the church. This first study devoted to cathedral shrines
draws on surviving cathedral records to describe their nature and
development in England from around 1066 to 1540. The development of
the shrine itself, the monument enclosing the saint's body, is
followed, and the connections between the chapel around the shrine
and changes in church architecture considered. Accounts of the
cathedral clergy who built and managed the shrines, the pilgrims
who visited them, and the fluctuating fortunes of the cathedrals
which housed themcomplete the book. BEN NILSON is College Professor
at Okanagan University College, Canada.
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Pilgrimage Explored (Hardcover)
J Stopford; Contributions by A. M. Koldeweij, Ben Nilson, Debra J. Birch, E.D. Hunt, …
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Discovery Miles 21 840
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The history and underlying ideology of pilgrimage examined, from
prehistory to the middle ages. 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 neolithictimes 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
whichpilgrimage 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, JULIEANN 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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