The Spiritual and the profane: The pilgrimage to santiago de compostela

Cultural Geographies (formerly Ecumene)

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-409

  Graham, Brian ^a   Murray, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL;

PILGRIMAGE; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL RELATIONS;

SPAIN, GALICIA, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA;

EID: 0031410412     PISSN: 14744740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147447409700400402     Document Type: Article

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