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Pilgrimage Explored

Pilgrimage Explored

Stopford, J.
Koldeweij, A. M.
Nilson, Ben

Hardcover

Series: York Studies in Medieval Theology

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryReligion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 095297343X
ISBN13: 9780952973430
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc
Published: May 20 1999
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.49
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.66 Depth: 9.52
Language: English
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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