1st Edition
The Dynamics of Pilgrimage Christianity, Holy Places, and Sensory Experience
Introduction
Part 1 The Background
1 The senses, the world, and the pilgrim: multi-disciplinary perspectives
2 Encountering the holy, the senses, and pilgrimage in the Bible
3 Pilgrimage, the senses, and the sacred in the Early Church and Late Antiquity
Part 2 Sensory Experience and the Power of Place in England c.597 – c.1540
4 Pilgrimage and the making of sacred places in early medieval England
5 Patterns of Pilgrimage in later medieval England
Part 3 Sensory Experience and the Power of Place in England: The Reformation to the Present Day
6 Experience of God and reconfiguring pilgrimage in the 'Long Reformation'
7 Sacred places, sensory experience, and the revival of pilgrimage c. 1800 to the present
Postscript
Bibliography
Biography
Dee Dyas is Professor of the History of Christianity and Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture and the Centre for Pilgrimage Studies at the University of York. She has worked on the history and practice of pilgrimage, both in historical and contemporary contexts, for over twenty-five years and has spearheaded major research projects and initiatives in Pilgrimage Studies, in partnership with colleagues from the social sciences.
"This extraordinary book is bold, scholarly and informative. Drawing on encyclopaedic reading and a fascinating research project, it demonstrates the power and the significance of the senses in the ways that we respond to cathedrals and similar buildings. I cannot recommend it too highly."
—Grace Davie, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Exeter, UK
"Dee Dyas' approach to the history of Christian sensory pilgrimage is bound to become a research and teaching staple for scholars of the Middle Ages. The study’s breadth, from Jewish Temple periods through to the present day, offers a skilled negotiation of distance and proximity wherein Dyas invites readers to understand sacred sensory experience through an historical lens. Examples from medieval texts, art and architecture ground this work, offering a treasure trove for researchers who will appreciate Dyas' expertise in pilgrimage across the disciplines."
—Suzanne Yeager, Professor of English and Medieval Studies, Fordham University, USA
