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Loca sacra : religion and the landscape before the Reformation. Shrines and sanctuaries : the sacred geography of paganism ; Footprints of the saints : the Christianization of the landscape ; Miracles and pilgrims : the Later Middle Ages ; The delusion of the people : the struggle against superstition -- Idols in the landscape : the impact of Protestant Reformation. A teacher of lies : the theological assault upon sacred landscapes ; Removing stumbling blocks : iconoclasm, official and clandestine ; Wars against the idols : the civil wars and later phases of the Long Reformation ; Remembrancers of the Reformation : desecrated places -- Britannia sancta : Catholicism, Counter-Reformation, and the landscape. Spiritual medicine for heretical poison : pilgrimage as confessional polemic ; Bare ruined choirs and mass rocks : Catholic piety and the landscape ; Islands of the saints : missionaries, laypeople, and the revival of medieval holy places ; The very stones would cry out : martyrs and the making of a new geography of the sacred -- The religious regeneration of the landscape : ritual, rehabilitation, and renewal.Gadding to sermons and creeping in corners : Lollards and Protestants in the landscape ; Beating the bounds and the beauty of holiness : liturgical rites, Laudianism, and the resacralization of space ; The chief blemish of the Reformation : monastic ruins, sacrilege, and the reassessment of the medieval past ; Monuments, fountains, and follies : archaeology, architecture, and gardening -- God's great book in folio : providence, science, and the natural environment. The wonder workmanship of the world : creation and providence ; Extraordinary preachers : prodigious nature and catastrophic events ; Britannia Baconica : religion and natural history ; The sacred theory of the Earth : physico-theology -- Therapeutic waters : religion, medicine, and the landscape. Reforming the waters : from holy wells to healing springs? ; New found spaws : chemical testing, cold bathing, and commercialization ; The largess of heaven : medicine and piety at the watering places ; Errours of the people in matter of physick : wells beyond the medical mainstream -- Invented traditions : legend, custom, and memory. Popish survivals : miracles, monks, and saints ; Reformed fables : divine judgements and the devil's exploits ; Protestant traditions : persecution, patriotism, and rites of purification ; Innocent pastimes : ritual, recreation, and pilgrimage in the post-Reformation. |
