English Medieval Shrines

Author : John Crook
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843836823
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Medieval Shrines written by John Crook and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cult of saints is one of the most fascinating manifestations of medieval piety. It was intensely physical; saints were believed to be present in the bodily remains that they had left on earth. Medieval shrines were created in order to protect these relics and yet to show off their spiritual worth, at the same time allowing pilgrims limited access to them. English Medieval Shrines traces the development of such structures, from the earliest cult activities at saintly tombs in the late Roman empire, through Merovingian Gaul and the Carolingian Empire, via Anglo-Saxon England, to the great shrines of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The greater part of the book is a definitive exploration, on a basis that is at once thematic and chronological, of the major saints cults of medieval England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reformation. These include the famous cults of St Cuthbert, St Swithun, and St Thomas Becket - and lesser known figures such as St Eanswyth of Folkestone or St Ecgwine of Evesham. John Crook, an independent architectural historian, archaeological consultant, and photographer, is the foremost authority on English shrines. He has published numerous books and papers on the cult of saints.

Author : Ben Nilson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780851158082
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cathedral Shrines of Medieval England written by Ben Nilson and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Diana Webb
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826435696
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pilgrimage in Medieval England written by Diana Webb and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-02-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : D. J. Hall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429552629
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Mediaeval Pilgrimage written by D. J. Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1965, English Medieval Pilgrimage provides a detailed overview of the history of pilgrimage during the medieval period. The book looks at how the process of pilgrimage was more than a religious exercise, acting as a custom, a means of escape and a form of entertainment, as well as being an act of profound faith. The book argues that the medieval pilgrimage cannot be viewed in isolation, but indeed needs to be viewed in the context of the social and religious life of the people of the medieval age, across all social classes – from king to beggar. The book examines how the different attitudes towards pilgrimage were an expression of different attitudes towards living and indeed every aspect of the temporal and spiritual worlds. The book argues that the story of medieval pilgrimage can only be fully understood when viewed in light of the whole history of the country.

Author : Roger Rosewell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784421995
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saints, Shrines and Pilgrims written by Roger Rosewell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Mrs. S. C. Hall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pilgrimages to English Shrines written by Mrs. S. C. Hall and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karen Eileen Overbey
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9782503527673
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Sacral Geographies written by Karen Eileen Overbey and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacral Geographies explores the spatiality of reliquaries in early Ireland, and the intersections of devotional loca sancta with the territories of secular kingship, with the hierarchies of medieval monastic enclosures, and with modern, institutional spaces of knowledge. --Book Jacket.

Author : Colin Morris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521808118
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pilgrimage written by Colin Morris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Michael Tavinor
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848258445
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shrines of the Saints written by Michael Tavinor and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the history and significance of shrines to the saints. It includes information on ' working shrines' and a reflection on the power of shrines, from historic cathedrals to the 'roadside shrines' of today.

Author : Benjamin John Nilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Development of the English Medieval Cathedral Shrine written by Benjamin John Nilson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: