South London . 15TH CENTURYGOLDSMITH RICH MERCHANT AND HIS WITE,I4TH CENTURY resting-place by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury,to the shrine prepared for them behind the high altar. Erasmus, whose contempt for pilgrimage is sufficientlyindicated by the extracts quoted above, was not alone in hisopinions. Indeed, it required no great wisdom to perceivethat a religious pilgrimage conducted without the least atten-tion to the religious life was a mockery. Nor was Erasmus the first to make this discovery. PiersIMouman, long before, had expressed the same contempt forpilgrims; i66 SOUTH LO
South London . 15TH CENTURYGOLDSMITH RICH MERCHANT AND HIS WITE,I4TH CENTURY resting-place by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury,to the shrine prepared for them behind the high altar. Erasmus, whose contempt for pilgrimage is sufficientlyindicated by the extracts quoted above, was not alone in hisopinions. Indeed, it required no great wisdom to perceivethat a religious pilgrimage conducted without the least atten-tion to the religious life was a mockery. Nor was Erasmus the first to make this discovery. PiersIMouman, long before, had expressed the same contempt forpilgrims; i66 SOUTH LONDON Pilgrims and Palmers plihten hem togederesFor to seche vSeint Jeme and seintes at Rome;Wenten forth in heore wey with mony wyse tales,And hedden lave to lye al heore lyf on a hep with hokide stavesWenten to Walsingham, and here wenches aftir. But there is a more serious indictment still. In the year 1407, a certain priest named Thorpe, aprisoner for heretical opinions, was allowed to state th
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