Pilgrimage

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

In a fascinating work of history, Jonathan Sumption brings alive the traditions of pilgrimage prevalent in Europe from the beginning of Christianity to the end of the fifteenth century. Vividly describing such major destinations as Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago de Compostela and Canterbury, he examines both major figures - popes, kings, queens, scholars, villains - and the common people of their day. With great sympathy he evokes their achievements and failures, and addresses the question of what motivated such extraordinary quests.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-04-08
Mått:135 x 216 x 29 mm
Vikt:506 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:404
Förlag:Faber & Faber
ISBN:9780571212934

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Jonathan Sumption is the author of Pilgrimage and The Albigensian Crusade, as well as his celebrated five-volume history of the Hundred Years War - Trial by Battle, Trial by Fire, Divided Houses, Cursed Kings and Triumph and Illusion. He was awarded the 2023 Franco-British Society Literary Award for Triumph and Illusion and the 2009 Wolfson History Prize for Divided Houses.

Innehållsförteckning

The cult of relics; the saints and their relics; the pursuit of the miraculous; the medicine of the sick; origins and ideals; the penitential pilgrimage; the great age of pilgrimage; the legacy of the Crusades; the growth of a cult; the journey; the sanctuary; Rome; the later Middle Ages I - "light-minded and inquisitive persons"; the later Middle Ages II - "base-born men"; medieval Christianity.

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Stephen Alford, Henrik Berggren, Matthew Hefler, Ronan Mainprize, Clare Mulley, Rose Mary Sheldon, Martin Neuding Skoog, Oliver Soden, Jonathan Sumption, Rikard Westerberg, Alastair Benn, Jack Dickens, Helen Fry, Paul Lay, Alec Marsh, Owen Matthews, James Snell, DJ Taylor, Douglas Waller