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Cathedral Shrines of Medieval England

By Ben Nilson

Cathedral Shrines of Medieval England

By Ben Nilson

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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 important witness 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 them complete the book.
BEN NILSON is College Professor at Okanagan University College, Canada.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2001-06-01
Publication Date:
2001-06-14
Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0851158080
ISBN13:
9780851158082
Weight:
442 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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