Pilgrimage

Klappentext A collection of essays on pilgrimage, a central feature of medieval and Renaissance English life. Zusammenfassung Pilgrimage was a central feature of medieval English life which affected history! politics! art and literature. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Peter Roberts; Introduction Colin Morris; 1. The pilgrimages of the Angevin kings of England, 1154-1272 Nicholas Vincent; 2. The early imagery of Thomas Becket Richard Gameson; 3. Canterbury and the architecture of pilgrimage shrines in England Tim Tatton-Brown; 4. Curing bodies and healing souls: pilgrimage and the sick in medieval East Anglia Carole Rawcliffe; 5. Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the late Middle Ages Colin Morris; 6. The dynamics of pilgrimage in late medieval England Eamon Duffy; 7. The pilgrimage of grace and the pilgrim tradition of the Holy War Michael Bush; 8. Politics, drama and the cult of Becket in the sixteenth century Peter Roberts; 9. 'To be a pilgrim': constructing the Protestant life in early modern England N. H. Keeble.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Morris
• Assisted by: Colin Morris (Editor), Morris Colin (Editor), Peter Roberts (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521152969
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15296-9
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; England, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, British & Irish history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Church history, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval