The St. Thomas Way and the Medieval March of Wales

The St. Thomas Way and the Medieval March of Wales

Exploring Place, Heritage, Pilgrimage

The St. Thomas Way is a new heritage route from Swansea to Hereford which invites visitors to step into history of the medieval March of Wales. This multi-faceted volume offers new insights into the story of St. Thomas of Hereford, medieval and modern-day pilgrimage, professional aspects of heritage, tourism and regional development, and the application of digital methods and tools in heritage contexts. It also reflects on the St. Thomas Way as a spiritual and artistic experience.
  • Front Cover
  • Front matter
    • Half-title
    • Series information
    • Title page
    • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
    • Illustrations
    • Preface
    • Contributor Biographies
  • Body
    • Introduction: Remaking medieval pilgrimage—the St. Thomas way
      • Key Reading
    • Section One. Contexts and Critical Explorations
      • Chapter 1. Changing Roles of Pilgrimage: Retreating, Remembering, Re-enacting
        • What is Pilgrimage?
        • Peregrinatio and the Earliest Christian Pilgrimages
        • Medieval Pilgrimage in Britain: Destinations and Causes
        • The Experience of Pilgrimage
        • Conclusion
        • Key Reading
      • Chapter 2. In the Footsteps of the Past: Medieval Miracle Stories and the St. Thomas Way
        • The Medieval Pilgrims
          • Swansea
          • Longtown
          • Kilpeck
          • Hereford
        • The Themes
          • Margam: Learning
          • Ewenny: Religious Life
          • Llancarfan: Visions
          • St. Fagans: Spaces
          • Caerphilly: Castles and the March
          • Newport: Water/Frontiers
          • Usk: Identity
          • Abergavenny: Individuals and their Stories
          • Patrishow: Popular Devotion
        • Conclusion
        • Key Reading
      • Chapter 3. Place, Time, and the St. Thomas Way: An Experiment in Five Itineraries
        • William Cragh: Acts of Faith
        • Gerald of Wales: Getting Stuck
        • Walter Map’s Familiar Phantoms
        • T. S. Eliot and Geoffrey Hill: Playing Pilgrims
        • Raymond Williams: Disciplining Time and Place
        • Key Reading
      • Chapter 4. Archives as Commemoration / Pilgrimage as Interpretation: Hereford Cathedral, The St. Thomas Way, and Cantilupe 2020
        • Introduction
        • What Do I Mean by Commemoration?
        • So What Do I Mean by Archives (and Archivists)?
        • Community: Easy to Understand, Hard to Define
        • Pilgrimage, Shrines, and Relics
        • Commemorating St. Thomas
        • Pilgrimage as Interpretation (and Commemoration)
        • Conclusion
        • Key Reading
      • Chapter 5. Heritage Soundscapes: Contexts and Ethics of Curatorial Expression
        • Introduction
        • The Sound of History
        • Sound in Heritage Sites
          • Sound as Evocation
          • Sound as Re-creation of the Past
          • Sound as Artistic Reflection on the Past
        • Conclusions
        • Key Reading
    • Section Two. Other Perspectives
      • Chapter 6. Reflection on the St. Thomas Way
      • Chapter 7. String Theory for Beginners: The Art of Pilgrimage
        • A Cyclical Journey of Making
        • Into the Labyrinth…
        • String Theory
        • String Theory in Practice: Public Engagement
        • Measuring to the Saint, Version 2.0
        • Remaking Maps of the Mind
        • The Art of Pilgrimage
        • Are We There Yet? The Journey Continues
        • Change the Way You Look at Things and the Things You Look at Change
      • Chapter 8. Between the Sea and the Hills: On Walking the St. Thomas Way
  • Back matter
    • Index

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