Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 468
the Antiquities of Russia, by Sevastianof (Thirteenth Century). transfer to the sanctuary, in which they were solemnly laid, was made theoccasion for ornate ceremonies and for numerous pilgrimages (Figs. 286 and287); and so devotion brought together hostile races which had long beenseparated by… … PILGRIMAGES. 371 influence of fervent prayer ; a few cures were soon worked in proximity tohis shrine, or upon his tomb. The pilgrims continually increased in number,and the priests gradually regained the moral authority which they hadallowed to slip away from them. The Crusades were in reality but…
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