The Four Roads to Heaven: France and the Santiago Pilgrimage

Edwin Mullins follows the four roads described in world's first guidebook, The Pilgrim's Guide, as they exist today taking him on a medieval journey.

"There are four roads leading to Santiago, which combine to form a single road"

So begins The Pilgrim's Guide, the world's first guidebook. Written early in the twelfth century by Benedictine monks, it served travelers taking part in the great pilgrimage of the Middle Ages, to the tomb of the apostle St. James, the cousin of Christ, at Santiago...