Palmer (pilgrim)
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In the Middle Ages, a palmer (Latin: palmarius or palmerius) was a Christian Pilgrim, normally from Western Europe, who had visited the holy places in Palestine, and who, as a token of his visit, brought back a palm leaf, or a palm leaf folded into a cross (The word is frequently used as synonymous with "pilgrim").[1]
One of the most prominent literary characters to have been a palmer was Wilfred of Ivanhoe, the protagonist of the eponymous book by Sir Walter Scott.[2] A palmer also plays a significant role representing Reason in Book II of Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene. [3]
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References
- Cummings, Michael J. (2010) [2004], Ivanhoe, Cummings Study Guide
- Woodhouse, A. S. P. (1949), Nature and Grace in the Faerie Queene, The John Hopkins University Press
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Palmer". Encyclopædia Britannica 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 645
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