Add to ORKGThe coming of the railway to Glastonbury, England, enabled the resumption of large scale, formal pilgrimage to Glastonbury after a gap of over 300 years. First, in 1895 Catholic pilgrims were able to travel from all over Britain to celebrate the beatification of the Glastonbury Catholic Martyrs Whiting, Thorne and James. Then, in 1897, the railway brought an unprecedented number of pilgrims and sightseers to Glastonbury for what was hailed as an ‘international pilgrimage’ organised by the Anglican Church. This paper examines the crucial role of railways in the revival of pilgrimage to and within Glastonbury, and the importance of both the 1895 and 1897 pilgrimages in staking competing claims on Glastonbury’s history and significance – conte...
From the fifth to late eleventh centuries England saw a constant stream of arriving Europeans—rangin...
Why did people travel in Medieval Europe? They traveled as pilgrims for salvation. They traveled as ...
In 1170 the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in his own Cathedral sent shockwaves through Europe, ...
The coming of the railway to Glastonbury, England, enabled the re-sumption of large sca...
This paper examines the changing role of the railway in the develop-ment of one of the most importan...
The growth in Catholic pilgrimage in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century is widely ackno...
In the nineteenth century, attitudes towards Catholic pilgrimage travel became increasingly critical...
Glastonbury, a small town in the south-west of England, is considered significant by a wide variety ...
Since the nineteenth century, communities connected to the railways industry have and continue to sh...
The original public attitudes towards railways were of apprehension and fear, and trust in this tech...
Pilgrimage is undergoing a revival in Scotland. Guided by the Scottish Pilgrim Routes Forum, a suite...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the railways that were proposed, financed and built on the ...
St Cuthbert’s tomb in Durham Cathedral was opened in 1827, occasioning the start of a cycle of polem...
The sacred sites of Glastonbury in Somerset, England have long been places of pilgrimage, connected ...
The Whithorn Way (www.whithornway.org) is a new pilgrimage route in development in Scotland, between...
From the fifth to late eleventh centuries England saw a constant stream of arriving Europeans—rangin...
Why did people travel in Medieval Europe? They traveled as pilgrims for salvation. They traveled as ...
In 1170 the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in his own Cathedral sent shockwaves through Europe, ...
The coming of the railway to Glastonbury, England, enabled the re-sumption of large sca...
This paper examines the changing role of the railway in the develop-ment of one of the most importan...
The growth in Catholic pilgrimage in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century is widely ackno...
In the nineteenth century, attitudes towards Catholic pilgrimage travel became increasingly critical...
Glastonbury, a small town in the south-west of England, is considered significant by a wide variety ...
Since the nineteenth century, communities connected to the railways industry have and continue to sh...
The original public attitudes towards railways were of apprehension and fear, and trust in this tech...
Pilgrimage is undergoing a revival in Scotland. Guided by the Scottish Pilgrim Routes Forum, a suite...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the railways that were proposed, financed and built on the ...
St Cuthbert’s tomb in Durham Cathedral was opened in 1827, occasioning the start of a cycle of polem...
The sacred sites of Glastonbury in Somerset, England have long been places of pilgrimage, connected ...
The Whithorn Way (www.whithornway.org) is a new pilgrimage route in development in Scotland, between...
From the fifth to late eleventh centuries England saw a constant stream of arriving Europeans—rangin...
Why did people travel in Medieval Europe? They traveled as pilgrims for salvation. They traveled as ...
In 1170 the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in his own Cathedral sent shockwaves through Europe, ...