Women's Words About Pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela, 1890 - 1920

Contrary to the prevailing scholarly narrative, the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela was not in decline at the turn of the 20th century. Analysis of writings by five female authors—Emilia Pardo Bazán (Spanish), Katherine Lee Bates and Georgiana Goddard King (American), and Annette Meakin and Catherine Gasquoine Hartley (British)—reveals a vibrant pilgrimage experience that blended tradition with emerging tourism, mirroring modern practices more closely than previously acknowledged. These accounts, drawn from personal narratives and travelogues published between 1890 and 1920, challenge the statistical focus on Cathedral and Hospital Real registers, which underrepresented the full scope of devout pilgrims during this period.

Dunn, M. (2018). Women's Words About Pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela, 1890 - 1920. Technological University Dublin. https://doi.org/10.21427/BP8T-3162