FOUR ROADS TO HEAVEN

There are four roads leading to Santiago, which combine to form a single road' So begins The Pilgrim's Guide, the world's first guid ebook. Written early in the twelfth century by Benedictine monks, it served travellers taking part in the great pilgrimage of the Mi ddle Ages, to the tomb of the apostle St James, the cousin of Christ, at Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain. The four roads are all in France: from Paris in the north/ from Vézelay in Burgundy/ from Le Puy-en-Velay in the Massif Central/ and from Arles in Provence -...[Read more]