To be a Pilgrim - Hardcover

Hopper, Sarah C.

 
9780750926201: To be a Pilgrim
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0750926201 ISBN 13: 9780750926201
Verlag: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

This illustrated introductory survey of pilgrimage looks at the reasons for its popularity and explores the medieval pilgrimage experience. The author explains that pilgrim's motives were many and varied: some went through genuine piety or to expiate great crimes; others to satisfy their restlessness or to kill time; many went simply to escape from poverty, squalor and oppression and to enjoy the privileges enjoyed by pilgrims. The top destinations for western Christians are discussed, including the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Our Lady of Loretto near Rome, Santiago de Compostela in Spain and Becket's shrine in Canterbury. This book is illustrated throughout with images from medieval art, surviving artefacts such as pilgrim's badges, maps of the routes taken and photographs of the sites and shrines visited.

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Sarah Hopper has an MA in Medieval and Tudor Studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury. She is currently working as a picture researcher for publishers including Phaido and the British Academy; she also teaches adult education courses in medieval art for organisations such as the Summer Academy, and writes art history articles for the Times. She lives in Blackheath.

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Verlag
Sutton Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0750926201
ISBN 13 
9780750926201
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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