Hello,
I'm looking for some insight into some English-language historical books on the Camino I may have missed. I am a big history junkie and even did some graduate work on aspects of the Camino. I have read:
1.) Gitlitz and Davidson's endlessly fascinating The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago. I even toted it all along the Frances and felt it was worth the weight.
2.) William Melczer's The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago, which is the English critical edition of the Picaud's 12th- century guide, and is worth a read simply for the voluminous and detailed Introduction to the text, as well as his footnotes to the text itself. Lots of historical goodies impossible impossible to find elsewhere.
3.) Nancy Frey's Pilgrim Stories, which, while a work of sociology now almost two decades old (and which I think was her doctoral dissertation), has a lot of good material covering the differences between the Camino and other Christian pilgrimages as well as general sociological material on pilgrimage itself as a human phenomenon.
A quick search shows me that there are almost as many Camino travelogues as pilgrims--but what other books of a more historical, sociological-cultural, or theological bent exits out there that you would recommend?
Thanks!
I'm looking for some insight into some English-language historical books on the Camino I may have missed. I am a big history junkie and even did some graduate work on aspects of the Camino. I have read:
1.) Gitlitz and Davidson's endlessly fascinating The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago. I even toted it all along the Frances and felt it was worth the weight.
2.) William Melczer's The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago, which is the English critical edition of the Picaud's 12th- century guide, and is worth a read simply for the voluminous and detailed Introduction to the text, as well as his footnotes to the text itself. Lots of historical goodies impossible impossible to find elsewhere.
3.) Nancy Frey's Pilgrim Stories, which, while a work of sociology now almost two decades old (and which I think was her doctoral dissertation), has a lot of good material covering the differences between the Camino and other Christian pilgrimages as well as general sociological material on pilgrimage itself as a human phenomenon.
A quick search shows me that there are almost as many Camino travelogues as pilgrims--but what other books of a more historical, sociological-cultural, or theological bent exits out there that you would recommend?
Thanks!