This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...from Saxon times until murdered Becket was sainted at Canterbury, there was here one of the most popular shrines in England. Nowhere in Europe was the custom of pilgrimages so widespread as in England; there were holy wells, and graves of saints, all most efficacious for wiping out the stain of sin from the pious ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...from Saxon times until murdered Becket was sainted at Canterbury, there was here one of the most popular shrines in England. Nowhere in Europe was the custom of pilgrimages so widespread as in England; there were holy wells, and graves of saints, all most efficacious for wiping out the stain of sin from the pious traveler. Here in the cathedral at Durham, St. Cuthbert lay buried, and over his tomb his tattered banner hung; and at the sacred wells the bishop held at stated intervals services of absolution, a very ancient portable wooden altar used in these services being found not long since, buried under the floor in the grave of some forgotten prelate. As the roads were chiefly used in the Middle Ages for the purpose of making these pious pilgrimages (traveling for pleasure being impossible and unknown), the construction and maintenance of highways and bridges became as much a religious duty as was the building of church or chapel up to which the highway led. All over Europe, therefore, the making of roads and bridges devolved logically upon the ecclesiastical authorities. In the archives at Durham are preserved many records which show how the Bishop induced his people to help in this good cause. For instance, in 1311 forty days' indulgence was granted all who "will draw from the treasure God has given, to give charitable aid to the repair of Botyton bridge." And on another occasion all penances were remitted to those "who shall help by their charitable gifts or by their bodily labor, in the maintenance of the causeway between Brotherton and Ferrybridge." There is a very beautiful twelfth century bridge still standing and still in use at Durham, an eloquent witness to the thoroughness of that workmanship which religious zeal inspired. T...
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Very Good in Very Good- jacket. Book A survey of the 'traveler's England' of the 1920s, focusing on the countryside of picturesque villages, time-worn castles and abbeys, lordly cathedrals, historical monuments and sites, and the many natural beauties, interpreting the spirit of the country of that time and the 'soul' of Britain, written in a nice and readable prose; contains glossy illustrations, index. Hardcover with dust jacket, 304pp., d.j. shows light edgwear + tape reinforcement along edges and corners. Rare. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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