Complete Camino history

biloute

Active Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Chemin du Puy & Camino Francés (summer 2014), Chemin du Puy & Camino Francés (possible summer 2019)

• Dec 9, 2014

• #1

Does anyone know of a history book about the Camino that discusses more than just Spain? For example, that would talk about routes and culture, maybe even language influences, in France, Germany, Switzerland, etc.

 

SYates

Camino Fossil AD 1999, now living in Santiago de C

Time of past OR future Camino

First: Camino Francés 1999
...
Last: Santiago - Muxia 2019

Now: http://egeria.house/

• Dec 24, 2014

• #2

What languages, apart of English, can you read? There is quite a lot of good stuff published in german, SY

 

biloute

Active Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Chemin du Puy & Camino Francés (summer 2014), Chemin du Puy & Camino Francés (possible summer 2019)

• Dec 24, 2014

• #3

English or French. My German isn't that good.

 

SYates

Camino Fossil AD 1999, now living in Santiago de C

Time of past OR future Camino

First: Camino Francés 1999
...
Last: Santiago - Muxia 2019

Now: http://egeria.house/

• Dec 24, 2014

• #4

At the moment I can remember only two books:

The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312254164/?tag=casaivar02-20 which is heavy on Spain but covers also the wider cultural and historic implications of the Camino.

Pilgrim Snail: Busking to Santiago by Ben Nimmo http://www.amazon.com/dp/0007104731/?tag=casaivar02-20 which is a pilgrim story of his 2004 pilgrimage but, as it is written by somebody with a deep knowledge of medieval literature also covers that.

Hope that helps, if I remember more, I will post it. SY

PS Happy Christmas!

 

SYates

Camino Fossil AD 1999, now living in Santiago de C

Time of past OR future Camino

First: Camino Francés 1999
...
Last: Santiago - Muxia 2019

Now: http://egeria.house/

• Dec 24, 2014

• #5

Oops, forgot to mention, the CSJ web site has some great articles on the history also, a possible starting point through their resources could be here: http://www.csj.org.uk/the-present-day-pilgrimage/the-history-of-the-pilgrimage/
SY