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- Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in Pilgrimages of EuropeSantiago de Compostela was one of the three holy cities of the world during the Middle Ages. From far and wide pilgrims made their way on foot to the city in northwestern Spain to visit the shrine of the apostle, St. James.
- Walking the World: The Camino de Santiago, Part 1Walk with Chris Newland as he begins his first week traversing Spain’s oldest walking path. A 6 week 900KM (560 miles) journey that is over 1,000 years old. This episode chronicles Chris’s first amazing week of walking across northern Spain as he crosses the Pyrenees, on the first day, to a wild challenge of running with the bulls.
- Walking the World: The Camino de Santiago, Part 2Chris Newland’s walk along Camino de Santiago continues, with just as much excitement as the first week. Walking through long stretches of rolling hillside, in the baking sun, each village and town is like a elegant oasis
- Walking the World: The Camino de Santiago, Part 3We have come to week three with Chris Newland as he walks the Camino de Santiago as he is just leaving the town of Burgos, in the middle of festival of San Juan and San Pedro. Ahead of Chris lies a long walk through the Alto Meseta, a large stretch of wide open terrain that many walkers fear to tread.
- Walking the World: The Camino de Santiago, Part 4Week Four is full of magic, mystery, myths and legends as Chris Newland continues his six week quest along the Camino de Santiago. This week, Chris walks from Leon and Astorga, into the highest mountains of the route.
- Walking the World: The Camino de Santiago, Part 5The fifth week of walking the Camino de Santiago, Chris Newland finds himself discovering a wider diversity of sites. Chris starts in the hill top village of Ocebero, a place founded by ancient Celts, then a stroll through a forest of eucalyptus trees and on to picturesque albergue.
- Walking the World: The Camino de Santiago, Part 6The end of Chris Newland’s six-week journey of Camino de Santiago has arrived. He comes to the city of Santiago de Compostela upon the festival of St. James.
Websites
- The Art of Medieval Spain, A.D. 500–1200An exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Way of St. James (p. 174–183) [pdf pages 189-198]
- ¡Buen Camino! ProjectA virtual pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago — invites everyone to explore its most emblematic routes, the cultural, natural and architectural wonders, and the stories of the people who bring it to life
Feature Films
The WayCall Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.D7 W29 2011Publication Date: 2010Tom goes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France, to collect the remains of his adult son, who was killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his son's desire to finish the journey.
AnchoressCall Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.D7 A683 2005A priest urges a 14th-century visionary girl in England to become an Anchoress (a virgin walled up in the church) and she accepts, attracting pilgrims seeking her advice and healing power.
Canterbury TalesCall Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.I8 P54 2012Classic tales of romance, deception, murder and lust by Geoffrey Chaucer about a group of 12th century English Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury cathedral.
ButterflyCall Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 B88 2000A shy young boy is brought out of his cocoon by a wise teacher who shows him the wonder of the natural world around him, amidst the growing tensions and chaos of the Spanish Civil War in Galicia.
Documentary Films
Christians, Jews, and Moslems in Medieval Spain
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) D117 .E87 2004Describes the history of Spain from 711 to 1492, a period of Arab domination and intellectual ferment.
Islam, Empire of FaithCall Number: Hatfield Library AV Video (DVD) BP50.I74 2001Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later.
CrusadesCall Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) D157 .C766 2001The Crusades began as a holy mission to liberate Jerusalem and became the largest mass migration in European history.