S1 E9 - Franks and Native Spaniards on the Medieval Camino de Santiago The Scholarly Pilgrim - History of the Camino de Santiago

This episode discusses the burgos of medieval Pamplona as a means to explore the complex state of relations between Franks and native people in pilgrim towns along the Camino de Santiago in Spain. It will also explain how tension between these groups was enflamed by the notion of Frankish cultural superiority which was propagated through stories about Charlemagne and native Spaniards.