Un reglamento de la romería del Valle de Erro a Roncesvalles [A regulation of the Erro valley pilgrimage to Roncesvalles]

Abstract

This article summarizes and comments on the regulation made for the romería of the Erro valley to Orreaga/Roncesvalles. The people from the nearby valleys of the Pyrenees have been marching in procession to Orreaga since 1888; this regulation controls the way to go and back and the stay in this Navarrese village. Literally, according to this document these regulations were made because the character of penitence was degenerating and people were gradually forgetting about the main religious aim of the pilgrimage.

This document shows a clear desire for control on the part of the Catholic Church, for a change in traditional  customs, which were considered to be offensive to Christian morals and which clashed with the reigning religious mentality.