La protection des pèlerins sur le Chemin de Saint-Jacques-deCompostelle dans la législation navarraise et castillane, médiévale et moderne

Abstract

Following an introduction to the issue, this study analyses the different areas of law for the protection of pilgrims on the Way of St. James in the Middle and Modern Ages, consisting of safe-conducts and pilgrimage certificates, the legislation on the dress code and insignia of pilgrims, the so-called «peace of the Way», the freedom of movement and exemption from tolls, the protection of the possessions of pilgrims, the legal proceedings of pilgrims, and the rules on false pilgrims.