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The pilgrim's guide to Santiago de Compostela /

The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela presents the first complete English translation of Book Five of the Liber Sancti Jacobi or Codex Calixtinus. The Medieval Christian world knew three major pilgrimage sites: Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago de Compostela. Between the 11th and 13th centu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Melczer, William (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Italica Press, 1993.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Relics and pilgrimages
  • The origin of the cult of St. James
  • Myth and historical reality
  • The Iter Sancti Jacobi
  • The Liber Sancti Jacobi
  • Pilgrimage without ideology
  • The iconography of St. James
  • Notes
  • The pilgrim's guide
  • Notes
  • Hagiographical register
  • Gazetteer
  • Bibliography
  • Index.