Edwardtide factsheet

Key stage

KS4

Subject

Religious Education

Collection

Pilgrimage

Format

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A photograph depicting St Edward the Confessor on the medieval seal, part of Westminster Abbey's collection.

Overview

Explore Edwardtide, a national pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey, using this factsheet. Designed to be used as a case study within a lesson on pilgrimage, it examines who St Edward the Confessor was and what happens during a pilgrimage. To aid teachers, this factsheet includes potential discussion or essay questions, as well as an explanation of other pilgrimage resources that could be used alongside it.

Curriculum links

Themes covered in this lesson are aligned to:

OCR 

  • The concept of pilgrimage

AQA 

  • The role and importance of pilgrimage

Edexcel

  • The nature, history and purpose of pilgrimage
  • The significance of the places people go on pilgrimage
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