Browse Items (50 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map Tags: Travelogue Page of 5 Next Page Sort by: Title Creator Date Added "A lonely and remote region" Knox describes Lough Derg as remote and obscure Tags: isolation, James Spencer Knox, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, rural landscape, Travelogue "Multitudes of the lower classes of the native Irish" On the crowds of pilgrims travelling to the site and their motivations Tags: Catholicism, class, elitism, James Spencer Knox, nineteenth century, pilgrimage, Protestant critique, Protestantism, Travelogue "The pilgrims throng the shore opposite to the island" Knox describes the practices of the pilgrimage as he has heard them Tags: crowds, ferry house, James Spencer Knox, nineteenth century, pilgrim crossing, Protestant critique, Travelogue "A miracle! - A miracle!" Knox criticises the superstitious hysteria for miraculous cures Tags: Catholicism, crowds, cure, devotional activities, James Spencer Knox, miracle, nineteenth century, pilgrimage, Protestant critique, Travelogue "So long as the Church of Rome finds dupes" Knox reflects on the cause of the "fraud" of miracles Tags: Catholic Church, James Spencer Knox, miracle, negative description, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, Protestantism, Rome, sectarianism, Travelogue "I had long experienced extreme anxiety to visit" Knox describes the circumstances of his arrival Tags: James Spencer Knox, nineteenth century, penitential beds, pilgrimage, Protestant critique, rain, Station Island, Travelogue, weather "I at length reached the goal of my long-nourished desire" Knox describes the scene of crowds waiting to cross to Station Island Tags: boating, crowds, James Spencer Knox, nineteenth century, pilgrim crossing, Protestant critique, Travelogue "All was as still as death" Knox describes the deserted scene on Station Island Tags: emptiness, isolation, James Spencer Knox, landing, nineteenth century, pilgrim crossing, pilgrims, Protestant critique, Travelogue, women's history "An incredible quantity of rags" Knox describes the scattered bloodied rags showing traces of the bodily rigours of the pilgrimage Tags: austerity, embodied experience, injury, James Spencer Knox, nineteenth century, penitential beds, Protestant critique, rags, Travelogue "The unbroken stillness of this consecrated spot, was exchanged to bustle, noise, and jarring, of a countless multitude" Knox reflects on the recent Catholic activities on the land under his feet Tags: Catholicism, James Spencer Knox, juxtaposition, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, Protestantism, sectarianism, temporality, Travelogue Page of 5 Next Page Output Formats atom, csv, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2
