The Pilgrimage To Santiago
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few journeys in human history have stirred the souls of millions quite like the road to Santiago de Compostela, and Edwin Mullins' The Pilgrimage to Santiago brings this ancient path blazingly to life. Tracing the Via Francigena and the great pilgrim routes that have wound across medieval Europe for over a thousand years, Mullins chronicles the spiritual, artistic, and human drama of those who walked toward the shrine of Saint James in northwest Spain — from humble peasants seeking salvation to kings and crusaders seeking glory. Mullins writes with the authority of a seasoned art historian and cultural traveller, weaving together architecture, religion, folklore, and social history into a rich and seamless tapestry. He illuminates how the pilgrimage to Santiago shaped the very culture of medieval Christendom — inspiring the construction of magnificent Romanesque churches, generating a vast network of hospices and monasteries, and forging a surprising unity across a fractured continent. Lyrical yet rigorously researched, this is a work that leaves the reader standing at the foot of the great cathedral in Santiago, breathless and wondering whether the journey, after all, was about arrival — or something far more elusive.
Author: Edwin Mullins
Format: Hardback
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few journeys in human history have stirred the souls of millions quite like the road to Santiago de Compostela, and Edwin Mullins' The Pilgrimage to Santiago brings this ancient path blazingly to life. Tracing the Via Francigena and the great pilgrim routes that have wound across medieval Europe for over a thousand years, Mullins chronicles the spiritual, artistic, and human drama of those who walked toward the shrine of Saint James in northwest Spain — from humble peasants seeking salvation to kings and crusaders seeking glory. Mullins writes with the authority of a seasoned art historian and cultural traveller, weaving together architecture, religion, folklore, and social history into a rich and seamless tapestry. He illuminates how the pilgrimage to Santiago shaped the very culture of medieval Christendom — inspiring the construction of magnificent Romanesque churches, generating a vast network of hospices and monasteries, and forging a surprising unity across a fractured continent. Lyrical yet rigorously researched, this is a work that leaves the reader standing at the foot of the great cathedral in Santiago, breathless and wondering whether the journey, after all, was about arrival — or something far more elusive.