Pilgrimage into the Past: Walking the Medieval March of Wales

13世纪晚期，一群不太可能的朝圣者从斯旺西出发，前往赫里福德大教堂的圣托马斯·坎蒂卢普墓。盎格鲁-诺曼人高尔勋爵威廉·德·布里乌兹和他的妻子玛丽夫人在威廉·克拉格的陪同下，克拉格是一个威尔士逃犯，他袭击并烧毁了他们在奥斯特茅斯的城堡，被判处绞刑。但克拉格的死刑出人意料地结束了：绞刑架坏了，后来他被赫里福德的前主教圣托马斯复活了。现在，克拉格与德·布里乌兹勋爵和夫人一起来到这位新圣徒的坟墓前，为他们所理解的奇迹表示感谢。威廉·克拉格的绞刑和复活是最近ahrc资助的一个研究项目的焦点，“城市见证：中世纪斯旺西的地方和身份”，该项目以这个故事为起点，探索中世纪斯旺西和威尔士进军的地方、信仰和身份。现在，这个项目将利用William Cragh从斯旺西到赫里福德的旅程作为新的旅游路线的灵感，让游客和当地社区有机会进入该地区丰富的中世纪遗产。这条混合驾车-步行路线将从克拉格被吊死的斯旺西开始，然后穿过威尔士和英格兰边境地区的一系列中世纪遗址，如内斯修道院、帕特里肖教堂和古德里奇城堡，这将使我们能够讲述一个关于克拉格、圣托马斯和威尔士进军中世纪文化的引人入胜的故事。与Cragh和de Briouzes的朝圣路线类似，这条路线将在赫里福德结束，在那里，圣托马斯的神坛仍然矗立在中世纪的大教堂里，还有其他壮观的遗迹，如世界地图和中世纪书籍，可以让你瞥见他们的世界。以南安普顿大学和赫里福德大教堂的合作为中心，该项目将开发令人兴奋的多媒体解释资源，与交互式在线地图以及印刷指南/解释小册子相关联。2020年将迎来圣托马斯封圣700周年，新的朝圣路线将成为纪念和庆祝活动的关键元素。赫里福德大教堂将提供实物支持和档案资源的使用（如壮观的世界地图和中世纪书籍），以帮助加强“城市见证”项目产生的核心研究。探索新路线的游客，无论是驾车、步行，还是通过技术“虚拟”参与，都将能够参与到该地区的多层遗产中，包括：*沉浸式地参与威廉·克拉格的故事，沿着路线分阶段解释*关于中世纪威尔士进军的历史、文化和政治背景的可访问信息*关于圣托马斯的细节，他的奇迹，以及信仰和大众奉献在中世纪文化中的作用*与历史悠久的中世纪遗址相遇，包括作家如威尔士的杰拉尔德和沃尔特地图所描述的地点，以及赫里福德大教堂和圣托马斯册封档案的文件*对景观及其文化意义的解释*精神反思（对于有宗教信仰的参与者），由赫里福德大教堂的高级神职人员为每个地点创作*多媒体资源，包括图像，斯旺西-赫里福德路线项目旨在回应“城市见证”研究项目期间和之后确定的特定需求和挑战，并将为该地区的游客和接待社区带来一系列文化、福祉和经济效益。特别是，它将把斯旺西市中心更牢固地融入南威尔士的遗产旅游路线，增加到赫里福德及其大教堂的游客，并开发该地区小教堂/小礼拜堂和当地历史遗址的潜力，这些都是经常未被开发的文化和旅游资产。

In the late thirteenth century, an unlikely group of pilgrims set off from Swansea for the tomb of St Thomas Cantilupe at Hereford Cathedral. William de Briouze, the Anglo-Norman Lord of Gower, and his wife Lady Mary were accompanied by William Cragh - a Welsh outlaw who had attacked and burned their castle at Oystermouth and had been sentenced to death by hanging. But Cragh's execution had ended unexpectedly: the gallows broke, and he was later restored to life by St Thomas, a former bishop of Hereford. And now Cragh travelled together with Lord and Lady de Briouze to the tomb of this new saint to give thanks for what they understood as a miracle. The hanging and revival of William Cragh was the focus of a recent AHRC-funded research project, 'City Witness: Place and Identity in Medieval Swansea', which used the story as a starting-point for exploring place, belief and identities in medieval Swansea and the March of Wales. Now, this project will use William Cragh's journey from Swansea to Hereford as inspiration for a new tourism route, giving visitors and local communities the opportunity to step into the rich medieval heritage of the region.The hybrid driving-walking route will begin in Swansea, where Cragh was hanged, moving on to a series of medieval sites across the Wales-England border region - such as Neath Abbey, Patrishow Church and Goodrich Castle - which will allow us to tell a compelling story about Cragh, St Thomas and the medieval culture of the March of Wales. Mirroring the pilgrimage of Cragh and the de Briouzes, the route will end in Hereford, where the shrine of St Thomas still stands in the medieval cathedral, and other spectacular survivals, such as the Mappa Mundi and medieval books, offer glimpses of their world.Centred on a partnership between the University of Southampton and Hereford Cathedral, the project will develop exciting, multi-media interpretation resources linked to an interactive online map, as well as a print guide / interpretation booklet. 2020 will see the 700th anniversary of the canonisation of St Thomas, and the new pilgrimage route will form a key element of its commemoration and celebration. Hereford Cathedral will provide in-kind support and use of archive resources (such as the spectacular Mappa Mundi and medieval books) to help enhance the core research produced by the 'City Witness' project.Visitors exploring the new route - whether driving, walking, or participating 'virtually' via technology - will be able to engage with the multiple layers of heritage in the region, including:*Immersive engagement with the William Cragh story, interpreted in stages along the route*Accessible information about historical, cultural and political contexts in the medieval March of Wales*Detail about St Thomas, his miracles, and the role of faith and popular devotion in medieval culture*Encounters with historic medieval sites, including locations described by writers such as Gerald of Wales and Walter Map and in documents from Hereford Cathedral and the St Thomas canonisation archive*Interpretation of the landscape and its cultural meaning*Spiritual reflections (for participants with a religious faith), composed for each location by senior clergy at Hereford Cathedral*Multi-media resources, including images, video and audio recordings (for example, the liturgy for St Thomas sung by Hereford Cathedral choir)The Swansea-Hereford route project seeks to respond to specific needs and challenges identified during and after the 'City Witness' research project, and will bring a range of cultural, wellbeing and economic benefits to visitors and host communities in the region. In particular, it will fold Swansea city centre more firmly into heritage tourism routes in south Wales, increase visitors to Hereford and its cathedral, and develop the potential of small churches / chapels and local historic sites in the region as often under-exploited cultural and tourism assets.