Pilgrimage to the End of the World
The Road to Santiago de Compostela
1st Edition
Published on 12. February 2009
138 pages
978-0-226-73132-2 (ISBN)
Description
Traveling two and a half months and one thousand miles along the ancient route through southern France and northern Spain, Conrad Rudolph made the passage to the holy site of Santiago de Compostela, one of the most important modern-day pilgrimage destinations for Westerners. In this chronicle of his travels to this captivating place, Rudolph melds the ancient and the contemporary, the spiritual and the physical, in a book that is at once travel guide, literary work, historical study, and memoir.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages
- The Pilgrimage to Santiago and to the End of the World
- Views of the Journey
- Doing the Pilgrimage
- The Route
- Getting There
- What to Take
- Suggested Reading
- Organizations
