Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

9-1-2009

Abstract

This study explores how pilgrimage connects to the political Weltanschuung of Alfonso X, born in 1221-1284, especially as concerns the perceived rivalry between the shrine of Mary at Villa-Sirga and of Santiago at Compostela. By reviewing Alfonsos pragmatism behind all of the works he sponsored, by viewing the relationship between the Mother of God and St. James, by focusing on miracles in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, and especially viewing Alfonso's creation of a military order dedicated to the Virgin, it concludes that perceived rivalry between the two shrines was exclusively popular and not regal as proposed by some.'

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute

Language (ISO)

English

Keywords

pilgrimage, Weltanschuung, Alfonso X, Villa-Sirga, Santiago at Compostela, shrine

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