Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World - Couverture rigide

Hurlock, Kathryn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1800817436 ISBN 13 : 9781800817432

Editeur : Profile Books Ltd, 2025

Synopsis

'One simply cannot do justice to Kathryn Hurlock's vivid and remarkably wide-ranging page-turner' Country Life

This year, as they have for millennia, many people around the world will set out on pilgrimages. But these are not only journeys of personal and spiritual devotion - they are also political acts, affirmations of identity and engagements with deep-rooted historical narratives.

Kathryn Hurlock follows the trail of pilgrimage through nineteen sacred sites - from the temples of Jerusalem to the banks of the Ganges, by way of Iona, Lourdes, Amritsar and Buenos Aires - revealing the many ways in which this ancient practice has shaped our religions and our world. Pilgrimages have transformed the fates of cities, anointed dynasties, provided guidance in hard times and driven progress in good. Filled with fascinating insights, Holy Places unveils the complex histories and contemporary endurance of one of our most fundamental human urges.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kathryn Hurlock is Professor of Religious and Military History at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of Britain, Ireland and the Crusades and Medieval Welsh Pilgrimage, among others. She has featured on BBC Breakfast and You're Dead To Me and in the Independent.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Profile Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1800817436
• ISBN 13: 9781800817432
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: PROFILE BOOKS; https://profilebooks.com/; ; 3 Holford Yard, Bevin Way; London; WC1X9HD; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: non disponible