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Medieval pilgrims / by Alan Kendall.
LIBRA - Furness Storage BX2323 .K44 1970
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kendall, Alan, 1939-
- Series:
- Wayland documentary history series
- The Wayland documentary history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--History.
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Church history.
- Travel, Medieval.
- Church history--Middle Ages.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wakeman, Rollin (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Wayland (Publishers) Ltd., 1970.
- Summary:
- Examines why people went on pilgrimages in the Middle Ages, who went on them, and where they went.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Relics, miracles and indulgences
- Preparations
- Accepted routes
- Hazards of the journey
- Organisation
- Hospices, monastic houses, inns and ships
- En route
- Arrival and departure
- The Holy Land
- Rome
- Santiago de Compostela
- Canterbury and other places of pilgrimage
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0853400067
- 9780853400066
- OCLC:
- 90335
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