This book looks at England's cathedrals and their relationship with pilgrimage through history and in the present day. The volume brings together historians, social scientists, and cathedral practitioners to provide groundbreaking work, comprising a historical overview of the topic, thematic studies, and individual views from prominent clergy discussing how they see pilgrimage as part of the contemporary cathedral experience.

Autorentext

Dee Dyas is a Reader in the History of Christianity at the University of York, UK.
**
John Jenkins is a Research Associate and Teaching Fellow at the University of York, UK.

Inhalt

1. Introduction- Dee Dyas and John Jenkins.- Part I: Historical Survey.- 2. Pilgrimage and Cathedrals in Early Medieval Britain- Jonathan M. Wooding.- 3. Pilgrimage and Cathedrals in the Later Middle Ages- Eamon Duffy.- 4. Visiting England's Cathedrals from the Reformation to the Early Nineteenth Century- Ian Atherton.- 5. Pilgrimage and Cathedrals in the Victorian Era- Elizabeth Macfarlane.- 6. Pilgrimage and Cathedrals from the 1900s to the Present Day- Michael Tavinor.- Part II: Key Themes and Issues, Past and Present.- 7. The Multivalent Cathedral- Simon Coleman and John Jenkins.- 8. Cathedrals, Community, and Identity- John Jenkins and Tiina Sepp.- 9. The Role of Sensory Engagement with Place- Dee Dyas.- 10. Leaving and Taking Away: Cathedrals and Material Culture- Marion Bowman with John Jenkins.- Part III: The View from English Cathedrals Today.- 11. Canterbury and Becket Today- Christopher Irvine.- 12. Pilgrimage and Cathedrals Today- Michael Tavinor.- 13. Cultivating Pilgrimage in Westminster Cathedral- Mark Langham.- 14. Shrines in the Modern Cathedral- John Inge.