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Pilgrim Guide to St James’ Way – Reading to Southampton

The St James’ Way is approximately 68.5 miles/110 kilometers long and has been designed for pilgrims who wish to walk from Reading Abbey, the centre of the cult of St James in England in the Middle Ages, to the port of Southampton, from where pilgrims may have sailed to France or Spain on their way […]

Maria’s Way

Holy Days and Holidays

This pilgrimage into a little-travelled region of medieval history deserves, like mulled wine, to be savoured at leisure and by a fireside. It is richly spiced with finely drawn descriptions and striking examples and has a vintage narrative style that is becoming rare in historical writing, (Theology Today USA)

Pilgrimage to Compostela in the Middle Ages, The

Way of Saint James, The

A jolly pilgrimage to the shrine of his favourite saint, but always within arm’s reach of the affordable fleshpots. Bentley does for theology what Theroux did for railway travel.

Spanish Pilgrimage

For a thousand years a long, hot and dangerous journey over the mountains, the dusty plains and the rich countryside of Spain has led millions of Christian pilgrims to the great cathedral of St James at Compostela. The story is as old as medieval history and the route is still alive with the churches, monastries […]

Pilgrim’s Footsteps

In 1985 Bert Slader set out on his own from France to walk to Santiago following the ancient pilgrim road. His first book “Pilgrim’s Footsteps” is based on the experiences of that journey. He recounts the stories of the places and people he met along the way. He describes the inner journey of his thoughts […]

From Utrecht to Santiago de Compostela

From Utrecht to Santiago de Compostela

North of Europe on the pilgrimage to Compostela, The

This book highlights the importance of maritime pilgrimage from the north of Europe to Santiago from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries. These pilgrimages were initially related to the Crusades (from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries), which generally stopped in the port of Coruña while the crusaders went on foot to the tomb of […]