Pilgrimage: The English Experience from Becket to Bunyan
, by Edited by Colin Morris , Peter RobertsNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521152969 | 0521152968
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/10/2010
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.