Sam Hardman
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- 2006, 2007 Camino Francés
2017 SJPdP - Belorado
2018 SJPdP - Fisterra/Muxía
2019 Camino Primitivo
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Welcome to the forum, Sam!
Try this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091I0YOE/?tag=casaivar02-20
Buen Camino!
Haha! It's ok, it worked!Ah yes. I probably should've included the title of the book and not just the Amazon link!Some days I'm *too* tech savvy
Thanks for the link! It's fascinating to see how the Camino once was and how it has been so successfully revived.For more re the development of the camino during the last 50 years see the many sources/posts in this earlier forum thread.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/camino-francés-in-the-1980s.18850/
Margaret could and should write the book. The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago is full of history but not one you will find yourself carrying in your backpack for reference. The Great Westward Walk is wonderful read about a bygone era of caministes.For more re the development of the camino during the last 50 years see the many sources/posts in this earlier forum thread.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/camino-francés-in-the-1980s.18850/
The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago is full of history but not one you will find yourself carrying in your backpack for reference.
The story is also in video form.
I heard another story of him which might be a bit older than the one you posted.The most important person in the revitalization of the Camino de Santiago in the twentieth century was Elías Valiña, Parish priest of O´Cebreiro.
He did his doctoral thesis about the Camino
There is a funny story about him.
In the 70s or 80s, he was painting yellow arrows in the Pyrinees, in the frontier. He was stoped by the Guardia Civil and asked him what was doing. He answered "preparing a large invasion form France" so he was invited to visit the Police Station
I don't know; I did.
Admittedly, I carried the Kindle version (which the posted link went to). In e-book form it adds no weight at all to the backpack, and is easily searchable for reference. It makes handy reading when looking forward to the next day's walk and is a handy reference when walking around a church or cathedral.
I have downloaded a copy onto my iPad and each night I read the information related to 'tomorrow's walk' to be able to keep in mind all (or some) of the details about the part of the Camino I will be walking through the following day and the town/city where I will spend the following night. It is an excellent resource.Welcome to the forum, Sam!
Try this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091I0YOE/?tag=casaivar02-20
Buen Camino!
The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago by David M Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson is what I would recommend.For a cultural/historical guide to the places along the camino many pilgrims use
The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago by David M Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson which is available on Amazon in both paperback and as an ebook
See also the many cited in this earlier forum post which is still relevant.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/books-on-the-camino-frances.802/
Here are some basic camino history books in French which you might also find useful:
Barret, Pierre, et Jean-Noel Gurgand, Priez Pour Nous a Compostelle, Paris, Hachette, 1978;
Gicquel, Bernard, La Legende de Compostelle, Paris, Tallandier, s.d.;
Pericard-Mea, Denise,
Compostelle et Cultes de Saint Jacques au Moyen Age, Paris, PUF, 2000;
Rucquoi, Adeline et al., Saint Jacques et la France, Paris, Editions du Cerf, 2003.
Happy research and Buen camino!
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