[Steppes] Santiago de Compostela

[Chiara Francesca]

This is actually the pilgrimage Baron Thomas of Tenby and Lady Ysabeau will 
be taking next summer. They have been planning it for a long time.

Did they make little medals along with the badge? Or is the badge the medal?

Chiara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jann Mays" <hlgabrielle at yahoo.com>
To: "Chiara Francesca" <chiara.francesca at gmail.com>; "steppes" 
<steppes at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Steppes] Santiago de Compostela


> Good point!  I tried to find my French history book, but I apparently 
> didn't put it back.  I'll keep looking around the house.  I think it may 
> have had a picture in it.  I don't remember us discussing in class about 
> any badges given out, though.
> Gab
>
> Chiara Francesca <chiara.francesca at gmail.com> wrote: What are the 
> pilgrimage badges that are passed out then and now?
>
> Chiara
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jann Mays"
> To: "Catalina Elvira Osorio Lopez de Xerez" ;
>
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 3:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Steppes] Santiago de Compostela
>
>
>> We learned about this in French History class at UNT.  In French, it is
>> referred to as Saint Jacques de Compostelle (otherwise Sant Iago de
>> Compostela).   Interesting bit of trivia that we learned was that the map
>> drawn of the road, the inns, the "calvaires," and the monasteries where
>> one could sleep, is now referred to as the first "Michelin Guide" (or
>> first travel guide) in history.
>>
>> Occasionally, PBS runs a documentary on this called "Saint James Way."
>>
>> Gabrielle
>>
>> Catalina Elvira Osorio Lopez de Xerez  wrote:
>> Camino de Santiago de Campostela
>> Medieval pilgrims inspire modern tourists
>>
>> by Gael Stirler
>>
>> The legends of James, the brother of Jesus, tell how he traveled to Spain
>> and preached the gospel after the death and resurrection of Christ. He
>> returned to Jerusalem and was beheaded by Herod Agrippa in 44 AD, but his
>> followers rescued his remains and an angel miraculously returned his body
>> to
>> Spain in a stone boat. The apostle and his two disciples were entombed
>> near
>> the northwest tip of Spain and forgotten until the 9th century when the
>> tomb
>> was discovered by a hermit, Pelayo, in a "field of stars," or campo
>> stella.
>> His bishop, Theodomir, built a church on the spot and news spread fast of
>> this new shrine. The Church encouraged pilgrimages to Santiago (Saint
>> James)
>> in the 13th century because the Saracens had blocked the route to the 
>> Holy
>> Land and the Papacy had relocated from Rome to Avingon, France. 
>> Christians
>> and Moors were in a struggle for supremacy of the Iberian peninsula, and
>> the
>> influx of pilgrims helped to secure the northern part of Spain. Donations
>> by
>> wealthy pilgrims helped to build more elaborate churches along the way as
>> well as refuges, hospitals, and hotels.
>>
>> The Journey
>>
>>
>> The Camino crossed the Pyrenees and turned west. Click to enlarge.
>>
>>
>> The Camino, or road, to Campostela was not one road but many that 
>> funneled
>> into Santiago from all over Europe. [See a map of all the routes, here.]
>> The
>> most famous part of the Camino began at the Basilica of St. Mary
>> Magdalene,
>> in the center of France at Vézelay, then headed southwest through the
>> Limosin and Aquitaine regions before crossing the Pyranees mountains into
>> Spain at Pamplona. From there the Camino proceeds west across the high
>> plains of Spain.
>>
>> Many came for a miracle, others for forgiveness or to fulfill a vow, and
>> some traveled the Camino for adventure.
>>
>>
>> Pilgrims, or perigrinos as they say in Spain, mostly traveled on foot, 
>> but
>> some of the wealthier pilgrims preferred to go by horseback. The
>> historical
>> guidebooks say that the trip from southern France to Santiago de
>> Campostela
>> took 28 days by horseback, and more than 2 months on foot...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Catalina
>> Sanguinem dumtaxat causam virtutis pendate
>>
>>
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> "It was a good clang, with the oiyoiyoioioioioioinnnnnggggggg that is the 
> mark of a clang well done." The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett. (also 
> the exact sound of a face connecting with a Paris traffic light) :D
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