Pilgrims, or posers? How medieval satire exposed people who lied about their travels to Rome and the Holy Land

By Déborah González, Profesora Contratada Doctora, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Raquel Jabares, Personal Investigador, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Situated at the end of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route – known in English as St. James’ Way, or simply “the Camino” – the Galician city of Santiago de Compostela is constantly filled with pilgrims who have completed their journeys.

More recently, there is also a growing mass of so-called “tourgrims”, who visit the city throughout the year to do little more than take a selfie from cathedral’s roof and picnic inconsiderately in front of the cathedral. They may even travel to the nearby Atlantic coast to symbolically burn their boots and leave rags (and piles of

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