Saints, Shrines and Pilgrims
Seiten
2017
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-1402-3 (ISBN)
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-1402-3 (ISBN)
In the Middle Ages, it was thought that praying at the right shrine could save you from just about anything, from madness and famine to false imprisonment and even shipwreck. Kingdoms, cities, and even individual trades had patron saints that would protect them from misfortune and bring them wealth and prosperity, and their feast days were celebrated with public holidays and pageants. With saints believed to have the ear of God, veneration of figures such as St Thomas Becket, St Cuthbert, and St Margaret brought tens of thousands of pilgrims from all walks of life to sites across the country. Saints, Shrines and Pilgrims takes the reader across Britain, providing a map of the most important religious shrines that pilgrims would travel vast distances to reach, as well as descriptions and images of the shrines themselves. Featuring over 100 stunning photographs and a gazetteer of places to visit, it explains the history of pilgrimage in Britain and the importance that it played in medieval life, and describes the impact of the unbridled assault made on pilgrimage by the Reformation.
Roger Rosewell is the News and Features Editor of Vidimus, the international online magazine about medieval stained glass. Educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, he is the author of an award-winning study of medieval wall paintings and is a member of the Royal Photographic Society. He also writes at www.rogerrosewell.com
Introduction
Sainthood
Shrines
Christ and the Virgin Mary
Saints in Daily Life
Legends and Miracles
Pilgrimages
Reformation
Glossary of Well-known Saints
Further Reading
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 11.03.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | Shire Library |
Zusatzinfo | Illustrated in colour throughout |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 149 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 178 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7478-1402-3 / 0747814023 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7478-1402-3 / 9780747814023 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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