Pilgrimage : an image of mediaeval religion

1. Verfasser: Sumption, Jonathan
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London : Faber & Faber, 1975.
Umfang/Format: 391p, iv p of plates : ill ; 23cm.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.