Walking the Pilgrim Ways
Seiten
1991
David & Charles (Verlag)
978-0-7153-9408-3 (ISBN)
David & Charles (Verlag)
978-0-7153-9408-3 (ISBN)
An illustrated guide to Britain's ancient pilgrimage routes, which aims to bring them to life and recreate the spirit of each pilgrimage. Detailed maps and directions are provided to help walkers, cyclists and even motorists to trace the old routes and visit places of interest along the way.
Through the ages, kings and paupers alike have travelled Britain's ancient pilgrimage routes to special, holy places such as the magical isles of Iona and Lindisfarne, the grand cathedral of Canterbury and St David's shrine, Pembrokeshire. Today's walkers, guided by this book, can follow in the pilgrims' footsteps along stretches of rugged Celtic coastline, Roman roads and prehistoric chalk ridgeways, and discover the many sites that have changed little over the centuries. Detailed maps and directions are provided to help walkers, cyclists and even motorists to trace the old routes and visit the places of interest along the way - from Iron Age hillforts to hospices and chapels. Colour illustrations are included with the intention of bringing the routes to life and recreating the spirit of each pilgrimage. The reader can see Romans casting votive offerings into the steaming spring of Aquae Sulis, Bath; a king's funeral cortege crossing the Sound of Iona; and the shrine of Thomas Becket as it would have appeared in 1250.
Through the ages, kings and paupers alike have travelled Britain's ancient pilgrimage routes to special, holy places such as the magical isles of Iona and Lindisfarne, the grand cathedral of Canterbury and St David's shrine, Pembrokeshire. Today's walkers, guided by this book, can follow in the pilgrims' footsteps along stretches of rugged Celtic coastline, Roman roads and prehistoric chalk ridgeways, and discover the many sites that have changed little over the centuries. Detailed maps and directions are provided to help walkers, cyclists and even motorists to trace the old routes and visit the places of interest along the way - from Iron Age hillforts to hospices and chapels. Colour illustrations are included with the intention of bringing the routes to life and recreating the spirit of each pilgrimage. The reader can see Romans casting votive offerings into the steaming spring of Aquae Sulis, Bath; a king's funeral cortege crossing the Sound of Iona; and the shrine of Thomas Becket as it would have appeared in 1250.
Away to Avalon - a journey to the Celtic paradise, Old Sarum to Glastonbury; the waters of the gap, Cirencester to Bath; the Cornish path, St Piran's Cell to St Michael's Mount; the road to the Isles, the mainland to Iona; the Welsh way through Pembrokshire, Llanfihangel Abercowin to St David's Cathedral; the path to Holy Island, Hexham to Lindisfarne; the Pilgrims' Way, Winchester to Canterbury; the Minster Way, Beverley to York; the way to the well, St Asaph to Holywell; the green way, Ely to Walsingham.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.9.1991 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 70 colour illustrations, 10 line drawings, maps, bibliography |
| Verlagsort | Newton Abbot |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7153-9408-8 / 0715394088 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7153-9408-3 / 9780715394083 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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