BEING A PILGRIM. ART AND RITUAL ON THE MEDIEVAL ROUTES

The Way of St James has been a pilgrimage event for over 1000 years as people have flocked to the site of the burial of the apostle St James the Great. Legend states that the body of James was carried by boat from Jerusalem to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, wher e a church was erected on the site of the tomb. There is no single route for the pilgrims to follow, but there are several key paths . Kathleen Ashley and Marilyn Deegan capture the experience of the medieval pilgrim through an examination of art, historical and so cial cont...[Llegir més]