Isolarion : a different Oxford journey

Date added to Library: September 11, 2023

Keyword/s: HOSPITALS, ISLAM, PILGRIMAGE IN BRITAIN, PILGRIMAGE-GENERAL, PILGRIMAGE-OTHER FAITHS, RELICS, SAINTS

Ref Type: Book

Author
Attlee, James
Year
2007
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published in
London
Accession No
07819  
pp
278
location
BKA
Comment

Deals with the Cowley Road in Oxford. "A time may come in your life when you feel the need to make a pilgrimage." The Introduction, and some other chapters, deal with pilgrimage in general. The chapter "St Edmund's Well" deals with a sacred well. "Of Lepers, Lunatics and Layabouts" deals with the leper hospital of Bartlemas. "Dancing Sand and Zum-Zum Water" deals with the Islamic Hajj.