Glossary

The glossary includes essential terms related to the person, life, and work of Chesterton. For reasons of space it must inevitably be incomplete. It includes the most important people – family, friends, contemporaries and adversaries -, the most significant places – streets, neighborhoods, buildings, literary, cultural and religious associations – and the most important public activities – conferences, debates, meetings, congresses , election campaigns and travel.

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There are currently 5 terms in this directory beginning with the letter P.

Palestine

Gilbert and Frances travelled to Palestine from late December 1919 to mid-April 1920; they left Beaconsfield for Paris, Rome, Brindisi, Alexandria, Cairo and finally Palestine; they wanted to travel there again in 1934, but Gilbert fell sick in Syracuse, stayed in bed for five weeks at the hotel, and they went back to Beaconsfield via Malta.

Pharos Club

Located on King William Street (in the City) and later on Henrietta Street (Covent Garden); their weekly debates were the best in London; Gilbert, Cecil and Belloc were all members and whenever they joined there was guaranteed entertainment.

Pius XI (1857-1939)

Chesterton was received in a private audience in the Vatican by Pope Pius XI during his trip to Rome in 1929.

Poland

Gilbert and Frances travelled to Poland in April and June 1927; they visited Warsaw, Poznan, Krakow, Lwów and Vilnius; during their five-week stay they also went to the salt mines of Wieliczka, to Zakopane in the Tatra mountains, to the shrine of Ostra Brama and to Troki.

Princess and the Goblin, The

Published in 1872 by George MacDonald; it’s a children’s fantasy novel which greatly influenced Gilbert’s thought and way of seeing the world and life itself.