The Pilgrims' Way
The Pilgrims' Way

Author: Leigh Hatts

Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited

Published: 2022-02-14

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1783624612

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A guidebook to walking the Pilgrims’ Way, a 230 km (138 mile) historic pilgrimage route to Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, home of the shrine of the martyred archbishop, St Thomas Becket. With relatively easy walking on ancient pathways, it can be comfortably completed in under a fortnight. The route is presented in 15 stages ranging between 7 and 22 kms (5-14 miles) and is described from both Winchester in Hampshire (138 miles) and London’s Southwark Cathedral (90 miles), with an optional link to Rochester. 1:50,000 OS mapping for each stage Detailed information on accommodation, public transport, and refreshments for each stage Information on the historical background of the pilgrimage, historical figures, and local points of interest GPX files available to download Facilities table to help you plan your itinerary

The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]

Author: Hartley Withers

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-04

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]" (A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See) by Hartley Withers. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Choose Life
Choose Life

Author: Rowan Williams

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-05-09

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1408190389

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"The addresses that Rowan Williams has given in Canterbury Cathedral for Christmas and Easter throughout the ten years of his time as Archbishop are masterpieces of the kind. Appearing for the first time together in print, these profound and thought provoking pieces form part of his essential legacy to Christian believers. With a new introduction by Dr Williams, this is perfect reading material for Advent and Christmas, or Lent and Easter."--Publisher description.

The Quest for Becket's Bones
The Quest for Becket's Bones

Author: John R. Butler

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780300068955

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In January 1888, workmen excavating in the eastern crypt of Canterbury Cathedral discovered the bones of a skeleton many believed to be that of the martyred archbishop, Thomas Beckett. This book traces the full history of `Beckett's bones', from their alleged destruction by Henry VIII's commissioners during the Reformation to the present day. Includes fascinating observations, such as the unexpected discovery by workmen in 1865 of Dante's bones concealed in a wooden box a short distance from his empty tomb.

Walking to Canterbury
Walking to Canterbury

Author: Jerry Ellis

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0307417662

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More than six hundred years ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury was murdered by King Henry II’s knights. Before the Archbishop’s blood dried on the Cathedral floor, the miracles began. The number of pilgrims visiting his shrine in the Middle Ages was so massive that the stone floor wore thin where they knelt to pray. They came seeking healing, penance, or a sign from God. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, one of the greatest, most enduring works of English literature, is a bigger-than-life drama based on the experience of the medieval pilgrim. Power, politics, friendship, betrayal, martyrdom, miracles, and stories all had a place on the sixty mile path from London to Canterbury, known as the Pilgrim’s Way. Walking to Canterbury is Jerry Ellis’s moving and fascinating account of his own modern pilgrimage along that famous path. Filled with incredible details about medieval life, Ellis’s tale strikingly juxtaposes the contemporary world he passes through on his long hike with the history that peeks out from behind an ancient stone wall or a church. Carrying everything he needs on his back, Ellis stops at pubs and taverns for food and shelter and trades tales with the truly captivating people he meets along the way, just as the pilgrims from the twelfth century would have done. Embarking on a journey that is spiritual and historical, Ellis reveals the wonders of an ancient trek through modern England toward the ultimate goal: enlightenment.