Starting at Le Puy - Black Madonnas

[Sue Kenney]

Sally, Helen and others,

There is a great book written by a Canadian Bob Ward, called Virgin Trails., A
secular Pilgrimage. He looks at the way the Virgin Mary is depicted over time
from Paris to Lourdes, Saniago to Loreto. ISBN 1-55263-374-8

Sue
Sally Haden wrote:

> Helen,
> Have you learned much about the Black Madonnas?  It is a fascinating subject
> and I think on some Camino sites you can look at the archives for
> information/discussion about them though I haven't checked them myself.. I
> would love to see some of them.  I read a book about it years ago: "The Cult
> of the Black Virgin" by Ean Begg.  Looking at my copy, I see there are no
> less than 302 gazeteer entries for France, and 55 for Spain.
> However, since the book was published (1985), I am sure that internet
> resources will have already well outstripped its information.
> Tell us about them when you have seen them!
> Sally
> Lancashire, UK
>
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