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Author Perello?s, Ramon, vescomte de, -1419, author

Title Journey to St Patrick's purgatory / Ramon de PerelloI?¹s ; introduced and translated by Stephen Boyd
Published Woodbridge : Tamesis Books, 2022

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Summary In autumn 1397, Viscount Ramon de Perell♭?s left the papal palace in Avignon to travel to St Patrick's Purgatory, famous throughout Europe as a gateway to the next world. There, he spent twenty-four hours in an underground cavern, where he claimed to have travelled through the nine fields of Purgatory, accompanied by demons, before entering the Earthly Paradise and catching a glimpse of Heaven. In autumn 1397, Viscount Ramon de Perell♭?s, a Catalan nobleman, soldier and diplomat, left the papal palace in Avignon to travel to St Patrick's Purgatory in Donegal, in the northwest of Ireland. St Patrick's Purgatory, an underground cavern on Station Island in Lough Derg, was famous throughout Europe as a gateway to the next world, and the Viscount wanted to ascertain if the soul of his recently deceased friend and master, King John I of Aragon, was, if not in Heaven, then at least in Purgatory. Ramon spent twenty-four hours in the cavern, where he claimed to have travelled through the nine fields of Purgatory, accompanied by demons, before entering the Earthly Paradise and catching a glimpse of Heaven. This book provides a richly annotated translation of Ramon's account of his journeys, both earthly and spiritual. An extensive introduction sets his Viatge al Purgatori in context, examining Ramon's life, the factors that motivated the trip, the history of St Patrick's Purgatory, the literary influences on the account, its historicity, its afterlife and its textual history. The Viatge notably provides important first-hand observations on Gaelic society and customs, by a cosmopolitan traveller with a keen eye for detail, and went on indirectly to inspire Lope de Vega's El mayor prodigio o El purgatorio en vida, and Calder♭?n de la Barca's (1600-1681) El purgatorio de San Patricio. Part travelogue, part vision literature, with aspects of hagiography, homily, autobiography, chivalric romance and anthropological essay, the text is a fascinating and entertaining window into a medieval Catalan nobleman's world view
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Subject Perello?s, Ramon, vescomte de, -1419 -- Travel -- Ireland -- Derg, Lough (Donegal)
Perello?s, Ramon, vescomte de, -1419 -- Travel -- Ireland -- Saint Patrick's Purgatory
Purgatory -- Early works to 1800
Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Spain -- Catalonia -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Ireland -- Saint Patrick's Purgatory -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
Diplomats -- Spain -- Catalonia -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
Travelers -- Spain -- Catalonia -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
Diplomats.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Purgatory.
Travel.
Travelers.
SUBJECT Saint Patrick's Purgatory (Ireland) -- History -- Sources -- Early works to 1800
Derg, Lough (Donegal, Ireland) -- History -- Sources -- Early works to 1800
Subject Ireland -- Lough Derg (Donegal)
Ireland -- Saint Patrick's Purgatory.
Spain -- Catalonia.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Early works.
History.
Sources.
Form Electronic book
Author Boyd, Stephen F., writer of introduction, translator
ISBN 9781800104846
1800104847
Other Titles Viatge al Purgatori. English. (Boyd). 2022