English Medieval Shrines

Author : John Crook
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781843836827

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English Medieval Shrines by John Crook Pdf

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
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0851158080

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Cathedral Shrines of Medieval England by Ben Nilson Pdf

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
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826435699

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Pilgrimage in Medieval England by Diana Webb Pdf

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
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429552625

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English Mediaeval Pilgrimage by D. J. Hall Pdf

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 : Robyn Malo
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442663268

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Relics and Writing in Late Medieval England by Robyn Malo Pdf

Relics and Writing in Late Medieval England uncovers a wide-ranging medieval discourse that had an expansive influence on English literary traditions. Drawing from Latin and vernacular hagiography, miracle stories, relic lists, and architectural history, this study demonstrates that, as the shrines of England’s major saints underwent dramatic changes from c. 1100 to c. 1538, relic discourse became important not only in constructing the meaning of objects that were often hidden, but also for canonical authors like Chaucer and Malory in exploring the function of metaphor and of dissembling language. Robyn Malo argues that relic discourse was employed in order to critique mainstream religious practice, explore the consequences of rhetorical dissimulation, and consider the effect on the socially disadvantaged of lavish expenditure on shrines. The work thus uses the literary study of relics to address issues of clerical and lay cultures, orthodoxy and heterodoxy, and writing and reform.

Author : Roger Rosewell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781784421991

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Saints, Shrines and Pilgrims by Roger Rosewell Pdf

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 : Colin Morris,Peter Roberts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521808111

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Pilgrimage by Colin Morris,Peter Roberts Pdf

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Author : John McNeill,Richard Plant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429535789

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Romanesque Saints, Shrines, and Pilgrimage by John McNeill,Richard Plant Pdf

The 23 chapters in this volume explore the material culture of sanctity in Latin Europe and the Mediterranean between c. 1000 and c. 1220, with a focus on the ways in which saints and relics were enshrined, celebrated, and displayed. Reliquary cults were particularly important during the Romanesque period, both as a means of affirming or promoting identity and as a conduit for the divine. This book covers the geography of sainthood, the development of spaces for reliquary display, the distribution of saints across cities, the use of reliquaries to draw attention to the attributes, and the virtues or miracle-working character of particular saints. Individual essays range from case studies on Verona, Hildesheim, Trondheim and Limoges, the mausoleum of Lazarus at Autun, and the patronage of Mathilda of Canossa, to reflections on local pilgrimage, the deployment of saints as physical protectors, the use of imagery where possession of a saint was disputed, island sanctuaries, and the role of Templars and Hospitallers in the promotion of relics from the Holy Land. This book will serve historians and archaeologists studying the Romanesque period, and those interested in material culture and religious practice in Latin Europe and the Mediterranean c.1000–c.1220.

Author : Michael Tavinor
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781848258440

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Shrines of the Saints by Michael Tavinor Pdf

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 : Mrs. S. C. Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : England
ISBN : OXFORD:590454192

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Pilgrimages to English Shrines by Mrs. S. C. Hall Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004365834

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Devotional Interaction in Medieval England and its Afterlives by Anonim Pdf

The interdisciplinary volume Devotional Interaction in Medieval England and its Afterlives examines the interaction between medieval English worshippers and the material objects of their devotion, with chapters that extend the temporality of objects and buildings beyond the Middle Ages.

Author : Martin Locker
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784910778

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Landscapes of Pilgrimage in Medieval Britain by Martin Locker Pdf

This book seeks to address the journeying context of pilgrimage within the landscapes of Medieval Britain. Using four case studies, an interdisciplinary methodology developed by the author is applied to four different geographical and cultural areas of Britain to investigate the practicalities of travel along the Medieval road network.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004458260

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Kids Those Days: Children in Medieval Culture by Anonim Pdf

Kids Those Days is a collection of interdisciplinary research into medieval childhood. Contributors investigate abandonment and abuse, fosterage and guardianship, criminal behavior and child-rearing, child bishops and sainthood, disabilities and miracles, and a wide variety of other subjects related to medieval children.

Author : Cynthia Turner Camp
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843844020

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Anglo-Saxon Saints Lives as History Writing in Late Medieval England by Cynthia Turner Camp Pdf

A groundbreaking assessment of the use medieval English history-writers made of saints' lives.

Author : Gabriel Byng,Helen Lunnon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000510768

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Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Cambridge by Gabriel Byng,Helen Lunnon Pdf

Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Cambridge explores the archaeology, art, and architecture of Cambridge in the Middle Ages, a city marked not only by its exceptional medieval university buildings but also by remarkable parish churches, monastic architecture, and surviving glass, books, and timber work. The chapters in this volume cover a broad array of medieval, and later, buildings and objects in the city and its immediate surrounds, both from archaeological and thematic approaches. In addition, a number of chapters reflect on the legacy and influence medieval art and architecture had on the later city. Along with medieval colleges, chapels, and churches, buildings in villages outside the city are discussed and analysed. The volume also provides detailed studies of some of the most important master masons, glassmakers, and carpenters in the medieval city, as well as of patrons, building types, and institutional development. Both objects and makers, patrons, and users are represented by its contents. The volume sets the archaeological and art historical analysis in its socio-economic context; medieval Cambridge was a city located on major trade routes and with complex social and institutional differences. In an academic field increasingly shaped by interdisciplinary interest in material culture, Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Cambridge marks a major new contribution to the field, focussing on the complexity, variety, and specificity of the buildings and objects that define our understanding of Cambridge as a medieval city.