In the Middle Age women also did the “Camino de Santiago”

Authors

  • Cristina Segura Graíño Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/arenal.v17i1.1461

Keywords:

Women, Freedom, Tour, Devotion, Road to Santiago de Compostela

Abstract

The Road to Santiago was a meeting-point during the Middle Age. Women found a way to take advantage of their expression of religiosity and started the Road with the pretext of their devotion, the accomplishment of a vow or as a divine command. My thesis is that the Road was a pretext to abandon domestic spaces and be able to start an adventure. A trip that, although its dangers, was free of masculine tutelage. The many women that did the Road preferred to face its risks, in exchange they were able to own their life during the time of the trip. The Road was freedom time for these women.

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Published

2010-05-27

How to Cite

Segura Graíño, C. (2010). In the Middle Age women also did the “Camino de Santiago”. Arenal. Revista De Historia De Las Mujeres, 17(1), 33–53. https://doi.org/10.30827/arenal.v17i1.1461