1. Etheldreda and the Shrine Architecture of Ely
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely is currently the mother church of the Diocese of Ely. ... By the Middle Ages many thousands of people were traveling to visit shrines all over Europe and the near East, in search of spiritual or physical benefits. ... The main lines of the style of English sanctity were clear: kings who were martyred and women who renounced their high-born stations to embrace chastity and the monastic life. ... In 660, for political reasons, she was married to Egfrith, the fifteen year old king of Northumbria who was several years younger than her. ...
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