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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I got that from a tour of St. Peter's Pickering (Yorks.) where St. C. is indeed opposite the door into the nave from one side of the church. This was on a tour out of the Leeds Congress a few years ago. Tom Izbicki > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Tom, > Could we have a reference for the parishioners who wanted to look > at St. Christopher? > Meg > > -----Original Message----- > From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom > Izbicki > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 4:44 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [M-R] Use of churches > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > Also, for England, there are reports of parishioners opening the door of > the church to look at the wall painting of St. Christopher. For > protection during the day. This suggests unlocked doors. > > Tom Izbicki > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture >> >>> Pilgrim churches must have had some sort of open door policy since so >>> many accounts of miracles at saints' shrines report that petitioners >>> slept overnight near or even on the shrine inside the church. >> not only miracles seem to have happened there. A decretal (X 3. 40. 4) >> mentions quarrels and fights, leading to wounds and homicide, between >> pilgrims contending to be close to the altar of Santiago de Compostela >> during night. >> >> best, h.w. >> >> ********************************************************************** >> To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >> to: [log in to unmask] >> To send a message to the list, address it to: >> [log in to unmask] >> To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >> to: [log in to unmask] >> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >> [log in to unmask] >> For further information, visit our web site: >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html >> > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html