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Pilgrimage to the End of the World: The Road to Santiago de Compostela (Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel)
Conrad Rudolph
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Description for Pilgrimage to the End of the World: The Road to Santiago de Compostela (Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel)
Paperback. Art historian Conrad Rudolph follows the ancient pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela. With anecdotes, travel tips and scholarly descriptions of medieval art, he offers a thoughtful guide to a remarkable journey across northern Spain one undertaken by thousands of pilgrims each year. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 162.
From Tibetan Buddhists at Jokang to Muslims at Mecca for the hajj, pilgrims across faiths and cultures travel thousands of miles - often by foot - to reach holy sites. Such journeys are considered proof of ultimate devotion, the most important act of an individual's life. The intense mystical and physical aspects of pilgrimages have recently sparked a modern revival, leading travelers in search of spiritual growth and physical challenge to embark on these sacred adventures. Pilgrimage to the End of the World takes the reader, via Conrad Rudolph's able eyes and feet, to the holy site of Santiago de ... Read more
From Tibetan Buddhists at Jokang to Muslims at Mecca for the hajj, pilgrims across faiths and cultures travel thousands of miles - often by foot - to reach holy sites. Such journeys are considered proof of ultimate devotion, the most important act of an individual's life. The intense mystical and physical aspects of pilgrimages have recently sparked a modern revival, leading travelers in search of spiritual growth and physical challenge to embark on these sacred adventures. Pilgrimage to the End of the World takes the reader, via Conrad Rudolph's able eyes and feet, to the holy site of Santiago de ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226731278
SKU
V9780226731278
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About Conrad Rudolph
Conrad Rudolph is professor of medieval art and chair of the art history department at the University of California, Riverside. This is his fourth book.
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