Pilgrimage: The English Experience from Becket to Bunyan

Pilgrimage was a central feature of medieval English life which affected history, politics, art and literature. The shrines were destroyed during the Reformation and pilgrimage stopped, yet the idea of pilgrimage continued--refashioned - in Protestant theology. By reaching beyond the Reformation to explore the transformation of the idea of the pilgrim, this book confronts the religious experience of the English laity over half a millennium. In a series of ground-breaking studies the contributors challenge many orthodox assumptions about English pilgrims and their history.

Author: Peter Roberts
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/13/2002
Pages: 286
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780521808118

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