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Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber

J. A. Wylie

  • Travel
  • Book language: English
  • 366 pages

A travel narrative by J. A. Wylie, following a journey from the Alps to the Tiber. It combines descriptions of Italian places with reflections on the influence of Roman Catholicism on trade, justice and knowledge. Listeners interested in nineteenth-century travel writing and religious history may find it engaging.

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The punctuation and spelling from the original text have been preserved faithfully. Only obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

PILGRIMAGE

FROM

THE ALPS TO THE TIBER.

PILGRIMAGE

FROM

THE ALPS TO THE TIBER.

OR
THE INFLUENCE OF ROMANISM
ON
TRADE, JUSTICE, AND KNOWLEDGE.
BY
REV. J.A. WYLIE, LL.D.
AUTHOR OF "THE PAPACY," &c. &.c.
EDINBURGH
SHEPHERD & ELLIOT, 15, PRINCES STREET.
LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO.
MDCCCLV.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
Tƒŧ IƿǵǡLjŠǼŕǵƗLjƿ,
1
CHAPTER II.

8
THE PASSAGE OF THE ALPS,
CHAPTER III.
23
RISE AND PROGRESS OF CONSTITUTIONALISM IN PIEDMONT,
CHAPTER IV.
STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VAUDOIS VALLEYS, 43
CHAPTER V.
62
STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE VAUDOIS CHURCH,
CHAPTER VI.
83
FROM TURIN TO NOVARA-PLAIN OF LOMBARDY,
CHAPTER VII.
FROM NOVARA TO MILAN-DOGANA-CHAIN OF THE ALPS,
94
CHAPTER VIII.
105
CITY AND PEOPLE OF MILAN,
CHAPTER IX.
119
ARCO DELLA PACE-ST AMBROSE,
CHAPTER X.
126
THE DUOMO OF MILAN,
CHAPTER XI.
137
MILAN TO BRESCIA-THE REFORMERS,
CHAPTER XII.
152
THE PRESENT THE IMAGE OF THE PAST,

CHAPTER XIII.
158
SCENERY OF LAKE GARDA-PESCHIERA-VERONA,
CHAPTER XIV.
FROM VERONA TO VENICE-THE TYROLESE ALPS,
168
CHAPTER XV.
178
VENICE-DEATH OF NATIONS,
CHAPTER XVI.
198
PADUA-ST ANTONY-THE PO-ARREST,
CHAPTER XVII.
209
FERRARA-RENÉE AND OLYMPIA MORATA,
CHAPTER XVIII.
216
BOLOGNA AND THE APENNINES,
CHAPTER XIX.
237
FLORENCE AND ITS YOUNG EVANGELISM,
CHAPTER XX.
262
FROM LEGHORN TO ROME-CIVITA VECCHIA,
CHAPTER XXI.
276
MODERN ROME,
CHAPTER XXII.
289
ANCIENT ROME-THE SEVEN HILLS,
CHAPTER XXIII.

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Contents

  1. PILGRIMAGE
  2. THE ALPS TO THE TIBER.
  3. PILGRIMAGE
  4. THE ALPS TO THE TIBER.

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