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Two non-fiction works published in the first half of the 20th century which describe the 'romance' of the camino during that time are
Somehow I missed your comment before ... thanks for the insight.I walked the Camino Leon- to Santiago in May 1997-- considered it a blessed sight whenever I spotted another pilgrim.
I would recomend a trip to the Prada in Madrid as a education on early 9-12 century paintings depicting the souls who walked & the story they provide.
Madidi / Phoenix - I just had a look on Amazon - UK - there is a second book by Bert - he returned to the Camino in 1999 - both books are available only as hard copy (which would probably be more useful for your research). It would be good to have both books to see what he thought of the changes in the intervening 15 years. Good luck with your project, its unfortunate that there is so much of the Camino history between 1950 and 1990/95 missing. Maybe we need someone to a biography of Don Elias Valina Sampedro (especially to record what prompted him to revive the Camino). [or is there already one - that I have missed as its in Spanish??] CheersPhoenix, Below is a link to another little book written about a camino undertaken by Bert Slader in 1985. It will give you an insight into caminos around the period you are researching: you will be surprisedSadly Bert passed away earlier this year.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1872027008/?tag=casaivar-21
...Maybe we need someone to a biography of Don Elias Valina Sampedro (especially to record what prompted him to revive the Camino). [or is there already one - that I have missed as its in Spanish??] Cheers
Madidi / Phoenix - I just had a look on Amazon - UK - there is a second book by Bert - he returned to the Camino in 1999 - both books are available only as hard copy (which would probably be more useful for your research).
I believe Keith refers to El Museo del Prado in Madrid. Free on Sundays although long lines as a result.
Maybe we need someone to a biography of Don Elias Valina Sampedro (especially to record what prompted him to revive the Camino). [or is there already one - that I have missed as its in Spanish??]
Thank you for the clarification. My lack of specifics is terrible not to mention the spelling!I believe Keith refers to El Museo del Prado in Madrid. Free on Sundays although long lines as a result. I love this Museum.
Is the IM function on this forum the "conversation?" If so, please check your inbox.There were no hospitaleros or albergues as we know them until the early 80s, and very few of them even then. You need to talk to Lourdes Lluch, the original hospitalera of our age. She opened her rented house in Hontanas or Hornillos in that period, and let pilgrims stay for donativo, thus founding the hospitalero ideal as we know it. She is still at it! Now in Fromista, opens her home in the winter when all the rest of the pilgrim hostels are closed.
You might also look up Laurie Dennett, a Canadian author, camino pioneer, friend of Don Elias... her trail diary of her 1983 walk from LePuy set the standard for the zillions of trail diaries that followed. She lives very quietly along the camino these days.
Lynn Talbot, an American academic, walked the camino for the first time in 1974, part of a student group... she was still out there walking a month ago!
Send me an IM and I can put you in touch with these ladies, if you want to meet the real thing.
I have a friend who walked the Frances in the early 70s. He was just graduated from high school (in Spain) and he walked with his father. This was under Franco and people were very suspicious of them. They were questioned by the police more than once. There were no--or very few--pilgrim hostels other than people's barns.Camino historians & those with experience: I ask for some help with a project. I am exploring the possibility of writing a novel in which walking the Camino is a major part of the story. I started my research here by using the forum search function, and found some interesting threads/info. However, most of the threads were 3+ yrs old, and wonder if anyone knows of new info since.
Specifically, I want to know what the CF was like for young women in the early to mid 1980s.
- Was it possible that an early 20s woman from another country could have worked as a hospitalero?
- Could she have learned of the "pilgrimage trail" as a young girl from stories her grandmother, an immigrant from Galicia, told her?
I will be walking the CF with my son in Sept/Oct 2016. In addition to enjoying the journey with my son, I have reason to be even more observant of every detail that will fit into my brain (and spilling over to the pages of my journal).
Any help you may offer is greatly appreciated!
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