A Pathfinder for the Pilgrimage to

Santiago de Compostela


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Guides and Handbooks 

Histories

Gazetteers

Essays

Biographies

Logs and Diaries

Abstracts and Indexes

Web Sources

Biographies:  This type of source provides insight into the topic through the life of an individual connected to the history of the pilgrimage. 

Fletcher, R. A.  Saint James’s Catapult: the Life and Times of Diego Gelmirez of Santiago de Compostela.  Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984.

[Davis – BX4705.G417 F56 1984]

This is a biography of the first bishop of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.  Reading this work would provide a different perspective of the pilgrimage and the history around it and the cathedral.  There is a lot of history of the pilgrimage included as a means of giving context to the life of Diego Gelmirez.  

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