Pilgrim Stories: On and Off the Road to Santiago, Journeys Along an Ancient Way in Modern Spain

698 Pages·1998·4.71 MB·English

by  Nancy Louise Frey

Pilgrim Stories : On and Off the Road to
title:
Santiago
author: Frey, Nancy Louise.
publisher: University of California Press
isbn10 | asin: 0520217519
print isbn13: 9780520217515
ebook isbn13: 9780585253008
language: English
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Spain--
Santiago de Compostela, Christian pilgrims
and pilgrimages--Spain--Santiago de
subject
Compostela--Interviews, Frey, Nancy
Louise,--1968- , Santiago de Compostela
(Spain)--Church history--20th century.
publication date: 1998
lcc: BX2321.S3F74 1998eb
ddc: 263/.0424611
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Spain--
Santiago de Compostela, Christian pilgrims
and pilgrimages--Spain--Santiago de
subject:
Compostela--Interviews, Frey, Nancy
Louise,--1968- , Santiago de Compostela
(Spain)--Church history--20th century.
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Pilgrim Stories
On and Off the Road to Santiago
Nancy Louise Frey
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The publisher gratefully
acknowledges the generous gift
from the Spanish Ministry of Culture
toward the publication of this book.
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 1998 by
The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Frey, Nancy Louise, 1968
Pilgrim stories : on and off the road to
Santiago / Nancy Louise Frey.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0520210840 (alk. paper)
ISBN 0520217519 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
SpainSantiago de Compostela. 2. Christian
pilgrims and pilgrimagesSpainSantiago de
CompostelaInterviews. 3. Frey, Nancy
Louise, 1968. 4. Santiago de Compostela
(Spain)Church history20th century.
I. Title.
BX2321.S3F74 1998
263'.0424611dc21 9814153
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: 1
Arriving at the End
Chapter 1. 17
Pilgrims to Santiago
Chapter 2. 47
Journey Shaping
Chapter 3. 71
Learning New Rhythms
Chapter 4. 87
Landscapes of Discovery
Chapter 5. 137
Arrivals and Endings
Chapter 6. 153
Santiago
Chapter 7. 170
To the End of the Earth
Chapter 8. 177
Going Home
Conclusions: 217
Arriving at the Beginning
Appendix A. 232
Fieldwork on the Road
Appendix B. 237
The Twentieth-Century Reanimation
Notes 255
References 277
Index 297
Page ix
Illustrations
Figures
1. Plaza del Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela 2
2. Miracle in stone 10
3. Images of Saint James/Santiago 12
4. Pilgrims to Santiago 19
5. La Cruz de Ferro/The Iron Cross 24
6. Detail of the Iron Cross 25
7. Bicycle pilgrims 37
8. On foot in the forest 39
9. Roman road 40
10. Nuestra Señora de la Trinidad de Arre 43
11. At Roncesvalles 54
12. Wearing the scallop shell 57
13. A pilgrim and his staff 59
14. The pilgrim's credential/credencial del peregrino 68
15. The meseta 78
16. Pilgrims in the city 80
17. Reminders of death 85
18. A shepherd 89
19. At rest 93
20. The evening meal 95
21. Refuge life at night 96