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Pilgrimage in Medieval England [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Diana Webb (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Hambledon Continuum; illustrated edition edition (1 Nov 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 185285250X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1852852504
  • Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 15.8 x 3.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 709,535 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Webb's scholarly achievement deserves high praise." --Christina Hardyment, "Independent"


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The pilgrims of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" are merely the most famous of thousands of English pilgrims, from kings and peasants, who visited the shrines of saints and the sites of miracles in the Middle Ages. This work describes the ascendancy and decline of the famous and lesser-known shrines.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Well researched book..., 7 Mar 2004
By Iceni Peasant (Norfolk, England) - See all my reviews
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This book covers pilgrimage in all of the forms during its most popular period, the medieval era. The author takes the reader through the subject on every possible issue related to pilgrimage. From the reasons for pilgrimage to whom may have taken on the quest, where the major shrines were and why they became well known, how the church tried to control pilgrimages and how beliefs and rituals developed along with many quotes and excerpts of documents from the time stating the miracles and details of the pilgrims themselves.
It's a truly fascinating read for anyone interested in religious practices or history in general from the medieval period.
My only negative comments would be the occasional thought while reading, that the book could have been more concise, as it tends to be a little too in depth in places without actually telling the reader anything new, and in doing so subjects covered in earlier chapters get repeated and makes it a little hard going until the next new piece of information is mentioned.
Also, having read many history books with this amount of detail I am used to the author producing a case with a conclusion and maybe using arguments to state their own or the academic world's opinion on the subject. There doesn't appear to be any opinion with this book, it just tells the reader about the subject and shows the quotes and the when, where and what of the situations. I was hoping for a chapter or two on possible reasons for certain so-called miracles taking place at shrines, and the likely logical things that happened that were taken for miracles.
However having read this book I know more about pilgrimage than I ever could have imagined and from pure facts about the subject, this is a good book.
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