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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=525155219-04122001>I raised this
question because I was surprised reading about it in "Iberia" and it did
seem too big a number yet backed up by the book by</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=525155219-04122001><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Aymery
de Picaud. I thank all those who wrote their opinions and I wanted to
write back to you with my conclusion, and I hope that
it</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=525155219-04122001><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">will
satisfy you all.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=525155219-04122001><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=525155219-04122001><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The
small population in Europe at that time. coupled with the hard life makes half a
million sounds unreal, and we know that the book (which some say was written by
several people) was ordered by the Church, which had a vested interested to make
Santiago important.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=525155219-04122001><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">On
the other side the population WAS much more religious and Santiago was very
popular.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=525155219-04122001><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">I
guess that for me it makes sense that it was not half a million (average 1368 a
day) but it certainly looked like that amount to the population that lived on
the way. It must have been an overwhelming flood of people<FONT size=2>. Maybe I
could compare it to the amount of spectators in a football match visiting every
day a small village these days.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=525155219-04122001><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">It
was a LOT ! :))</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=525155219-04122001><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=525155219-04122001><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2>Wishing you a happy day,<BR>Vale bene in pace deorum (Stay with good
health in the peace of the gods)<BR><BR>Izhar Perlman<BR><BR>Izhar's Photography
Web Site - www.izhar.tv<BR></DIV></FONT>
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