PILGRIMAGE
The ancient practice of travelling to a holy site
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
Located close to the Atlantic shore of northwestern Spain. The location of the shrine of the Apostle James
THE PILGRIM’S GUIDE
Book Five of the hagiographical collection known as the Book of Saint James. Purportedly, a guide for pilgrims travelling to Santiago de Compostela
CULT OF THE SAINTS
The practice of venerating the relics of saints
ESCHATOLOGY
The notion that the span of earthly time is limited by a future cataclysmic event such as the Apocalypse
CHANSONS DE GESTE
Song cycles in vernacular Old French from the eleventh to thirteenth century, largely centered around the exploits of Charlemagne and his paladins
RECONQUISTA
The centuries long process by which Spain was recovered from the Arab invasion of 711
ROMANESQUE
The artistic culture which existed in western Europe in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
MONASTICISM
The practice of forming a group of men or women who practice a life of asceticism and prayer together
BOOK OF SAINT JAMES
Also known as the Jacobus or Codex Calixtinius, a collection hagiographical texts divided into five books introduced by Pope Calixtus II
CODEX CALIXTINUS
Also known as the Book of Saint James, a collection hagiographical texts divided into five books introduced by Pope Calixtus II
JACOBUS
Also known as the Book of Saint James, a collection hagiographical texts divided into five books introduced by Pope Calixtus II
PSEUDO-TURPIN
Book Four of the hagiographical collection known as the Book of Saint James, pseudonomously written by Charlemagne’s archbishop of Rheims
HISTORY OF CHARLEMAGNE AND ROLAND
Also Historia Karoli Magni et Rotholandi. Book Four of the Latin hagiographical collection known as the Book of Saint James, pseudonomously written by Charlemagne’s archbishop of Rheims, also known as the Pseudo-Turpin