Georgiana Goddard King

by Sil
(South Africa)

Hugging the saint in Santiago

Having walked three 'caminos' to Spain, Georgiana Goddard King is my 'hero' peregrina.

Who was she?

She began teaching art history at Bryn Mawr College around 1910 and established the department of the History of Art in 1913. Although her interests were wide-ranging and included Asian and modern art, her main passion was the art of Spain. In 1917 she completed her most ambitious and best known book, The Way of St. James based on three years wanderings on foot and by cart, mule, and other conveyance on the Spanish pilgrimage road to the tomb of St James.

A new edition of the book has become available and all serious 'camino peregrinos' should not be without it!