Pilgrim Routes of the British Isles

By Emma J. Wells

Journey in the footsteps of medieval and modern wayfarers through Britain's pilgrimage landscape, visiting churches, castles, houses and monuments to uncover the stories of its sacred past. Featuring over 200 sites, Pilgrim Routes of the British Isles tours the magical idyll of Lindisfarne where St Cuthbert lived on a tiny remote Island, to less well-known locations such as the original setting of St Andrew's relics at St Rule's Church or Bardsey, the legendary 'Island of 20,000 saints'. Also includes contemporary plates of pilgrimage, such as the former, home of Jane Austen and inspirational settings for Charles Dickens' classic tales. Walk through the spaces and places that first attracted the early saints to these lands to encounter the origins of Cornwall's holy associations; the 'Singing Vicar' of Bray; several tenuous links to King Arthur and the Knights Templar; clandestine tales of Britain's kings and queens; and the magnificent shrines that have culminated many arduous peregrinations over the centuries. Book jacket.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719817072
• ISBN13: 9780719817076
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"