Essays: These
books of essays provide some commentary on interesting topics surrounding the
pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela that are impossible to cover in a general
book about the pilgrimage. They are
worth looking at if one is looking for something new and different to read about
the pilgrimage.
Dunn, Maryjane and Linda Kay Davidson.
The Pilgrimage to Compostela in the Middle Ages: a Book of Essays.
New York: Garland Publishing, 1996.
[Davis – BX2321.S3 P55 1996]
Most of the contributors to this book are specialists in
Spanish studies. The editors of
this compilation provide some context for people today to think about the
pilgrimage. They also give some
history and facts about the pilgrimage. There are eight essays covering such topics as the role of
music in the pilgrimage, the pilgrim’s cockleshell (the sign of the
pilgrimage) in Denmark, and the medieval pilgrimage on the information highway.
Williams, John and Alison Stones.
The Codex Calixtinus and the Shrine of St. James.
Tubingen: Narr, 1992.
[Sloane – BT685.5.C63 1992]
This book brings together specialists from many different
fields to address the issues raised by the cult of St. James, the cathedral that
houses his shrine, and the five books of the Codex Calixtinus.
There are ten essays and then five commentators attributing to the
content of this book. Some of the
subjects addressed in the essays are the miracles of St. James, the decoration
and illumination of the Codex Calixtinus, and archeology related to the
St. James’s tomb.
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