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[QUOTE="Bradypus, post: 673225, member: 42372"] I think that those of us who have walked the Caminos in recent years sometimes have an unrealistic and romantic idea of the continuity of this pilgrimage from medieval times onwards. By the 1960s and 1970s pilgrimage on foot to Santiago had all but died out. There was no "Camino Frances" in the sense that we understand it now: a clearly defined and recognised path with dedicated pilgrim facilities. Those few who still walked to Santiago mostly did so from a starting point of their choice and by a route of their own devising. In the case of Spanish pilgrims that often meant from their homes. Very much an individual 'ad hoc' exercise rather than a mass movement. There was no network of "official" Caminos or albergues. The modern Caminos are the product of a very deliberate and considered effort to recreate the practice of pilgrimage on foot rather than a simple continuation and expansion of the earlier practice. The Camino Frances in its modern form is a fairly recent invention: the vision of a dedicated priest and scholar and many other enthusiasts drawn into sharing his hopes and his pioneering work. [/QUOTE]
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