In autumn 1397, Viscount Ramon de Perellós 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.
| ISBN: | 9781855663572 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 2022 |
| Author: | Stephen Boyd |
| Publisher: | Tamesis Books an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 126 pages |
| Series: | Textos B |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Social and cultural history |