The Pilgrimage to Compostela in the Middle Ages: A Book of Essays

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Linda Kay Davidson, Maryjane Dunn
Routledge, Nov 12, 2012 - Literary Criticism - 240 pages
Nine new studies address the phenomenon of the medieval pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, the legendary burying place of St. James.
 

Contents

1 The Cult of Saints and Divine Patronage in Gallaecia before Santiago
3
2 The Geography and History of Iberia in the Liber Sancti Jacobi
23
3 Music and the Pilgrimage
43
Hieronymus Münzer Compostela and the Codex Calixtinus
69
5 The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in the Cantigas de Santa Maria
97
6 The Iconography of St James in the Indianapolis Museums FifteenthCentury Altarpiece
113
7 The PilgrimShell in Denmark
131
8 A Medieval Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela on the Information Highway
143
Notes on the Contributors
153
Works Cited
157
Index
175
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Linda Kay Davidson is Professor of Spanish at Metropolitan Community College. Maryjane Dunn is Professor of Spanish at the University of Rhode Island.

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