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Title

Pilgrimage in medieval Scotland / Peter Yeoman.

Author

Yeoman, Peter.

Publication

London : B.T. Batsford, 1999.

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Description

128 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"The idea of the pilgrimage is like an unbroken thread that connects us with our medieval ancestors. It is also a means of understanding medieval life and faith. Peter Yeoman examines places of pilgrimage from local holy wells, trees and crosses to famous sites such as St. Andrews and Whithorn. Yeoman also looks at the individual association of saints and places, people's reasons for pilgrimage and their experience of pilgrimage in Scotland and elsewhere in Europe. The book also includes a practical guide to the principal places of pilgrimage in Scotland today."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Historic Scotland

Uniform Title

Historic Scotland (Series)

Subject

• André (saint, apôtre)
• Columba, (0521-0597; saint)
• To 1500
• Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > Scotland > History > To 1500
• Christian art and symbolism > Medieval, 500-1500 > Scotland
• Christian antiquities > Scotland > Guidebooks
• Historic sites > Scotland > Guidebooks
• Archaeology, Medieval > Scotland
• Christian art and symbolism > Scotland > Medieval, 500-1500
• Scotland > Antiquities > Guidebooks

Genre/Form

• Guidebooks
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 124) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. To be a pilgrim -- 2. Saints and shrines in Strathclyde -- 3. St. Ninian of Whithorn, and the shrines around Edinburgh and the Borders -- 4. Fife: the pilgrims' kingdom -- 5. St. Columba of Iona, and the shrines of Perthshire -- 6. St. Magnus and the Orkney shrines -- 7. James IV: Scotland's pilgrim king -- 8. Scots pilgrimage abroad -- Pilgrimage places to visit.

ISBN

0713481749

LCCN

^^^99206076^

OCLC

• 41982102
• SCSB-11405594

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library