Pilgrimage in Medieval English Literature, 700-1500
D.S. Brewer (Verlag)
978-0-85991-623-3 (ISBN)
Pilgrims are so frequently encountered in the pages of Middle English literature that it is easy to take their presence, and their significance, for granted. The pilgrimage motif is all too frequently simply accepted as a 'given'of medieval spirituality, its presence noted but its meaning seldom analysed. This study therefore asks several fundamental but hitherto largely ignored questions. What exactly did pilgrimage mean to medieval writers? How well didvarious understandings of pilgrimage combine within medieval spirituality? Who were the true pilgrims - those who travelled to saints' shrines, those who withdrew into the cloister or the anchorite's cell, or those who simply walked the path of daily obedience?
In answering these questions, this wide-ranging survey of the origins and development of the pilgrim motif examines the development of Christian pilgrimage through the Bible, the writings of the Fathers, the influences of classical pagan religion and the impulses of popular devotion. It then traces the ways in which the resulting multiple meanings of pilgrimage were incorporated into medieval spirituality and literature, offering fresh perspectives on Old English poetry and prose together with Middle English texts such a the Canterbury Tales, Piers Plowman, Pearl and the Book of Margery Kempe.
Dr DEE DYAS is director of the Society for the Study of Medieval Christianity and Culture.
Dee Dyas is Director of the Society for the Study of Medieval Christianity and Culture, Centre of Medieval Studies, University of York, UK.
Saved as 'revised contents'. Agreed with author' Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Origins and Early Development of Christian Pilgrimage A. Introduction: The Evolution of Pilgrimage 1. The Theology and Practice of Pilgrimage in the Bible 2. Concepts of Pilgrimage in the Early Church 3. The Development of Christian Holy Places 4. The Influence of the Cult of the Saints B. Conclusion: The Meanings of Pilgrimage Part II: The Exile and the Heavenly Home: Pilgrimage in Old English Literature C. Introduction: The Importance of Pilgrimage in Old English Literature 5. From Exile to Eternal Home: the Pilgrimage Motif in Old English Poetry and Prose 6. Place Pilgrimage in the Anglo-Saxon Church 7. The Wanderer and Seafarer Reconsidered D. Conclusion Part III: 'Parfit Pilgrymage' Or Merely 'Wanderyng by the Weye'? Literal and Metaphorical Pilgrimage in Middle English Literature E. Introduction: Continuity and Controversy 8. 'Place' Pilgrimage in the Later Middle Ages 9. Piers Plowman 10. The Canterbury Tales 11. Inner Journeys 12. Journeying to Jerusalem: An Overview of Literal and Metaphorical Pilgrimage in Middle English Literature Conclusion Bibliography Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.5.2005 |
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Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 1 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-85991-623-5 / 0859916235 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-85991-623-3 / 9780859916233 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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