The Fife Pilgrim Way
In the Footsteps of Monks, Miners and Martyrs
Seiten
2019
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78027-592-5 (ISBN)
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78027-592-5 (ISBN)
This book is the essential companion for anyone exploring the new Fife Pilgrim Way, whether on foot, by car or bicycle or simply as an armchair traveller. Packed with history, anecdote and nearly 100 illustrations, it brings to life the fascinating communities and the characters along the route in whose footsteps modern pilgrims are treading.
This book is the essential companion for anyone exploring the new Fife Pilgrim Way, whether on foot, by car or bicycle or simply as an armchair traveller.
Packed with history, vivid anecdote and nearly 100 colour illustrations, it brings to life the fascinating communities and the characters along the route in whose footsteps modern pilgrims are treading. Setting off with Celtic saints and St Margaret from Culross and North Queensferry, marching with miners through the West Fife coalfields, carrying on with Covenanters and Communists, and ending among the martyrs, relics and ghosts of the haunted city of St Andrews, this gripping narrative presents a journey through Scottish history, ancient and modern, with spiritual reflections along the way.
This book is the essential companion for anyone exploring the new Fife Pilgrim Way, whether on foot, by car or bicycle or simply as an armchair traveller.
Packed with history, vivid anecdote and nearly 100 colour illustrations, it brings to life the fascinating communities and the characters along the route in whose footsteps modern pilgrims are treading. Setting off with Celtic saints and St Margaret from Culross and North Queensferry, marching with miners through the West Fife coalfields, carrying on with Covenanters and Communists, and ending among the martyrs, relics and ghosts of the haunted city of St Andrews, this gripping narrative presents a journey through Scottish history, ancient and modern, with spiritual reflections along the way.
Ian Bradley is Emeritus Professor of Cultural and Spiritual History at the University of St Andrews. He is a Trustee of the Scottish Pilgrim Routes Forum and has been closely involved with the Fife Pilgrim Way since its conception. Among his many other books are Pilgrimage: A Cultural and Spiritual Journey (2009), Argyll: The Making of a Spiritual Landscape (St Andrew Press, 2015) and Following the Celtic Way (Darton, Longman & Todd, 2018).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.07.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Maps; Plates, color |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 563 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78027-592-7 / 1780275927 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78027-592-5 / 9781780275925 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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