Craig, Leigh Ann.

Wandering women and holy matrons women as pilgrims in the later Middle Ages / [electronic resource] : by Leigh Ann Craig. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - x, 308 p. : ill. - Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, v. 138 1573-4188 ; . - Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 138. .

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--The Ohio State University, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-299) and index.

Introduction -- "She koude muchel of wandrynge by the weye" : pilgrimage and the fear of wandering women -- "The mother prayed, the daughter felt relief" : women and miraculous pilgrimage -- "Stronger than men and braver than knights" : women and devotional pilgrimage -- "She was brought to the shrine by force" : women and compulsory pilgrimage -- "That you cannot see them comes only from an impossibility" : women and non-corporeal pilgrimage -- Home again : conclusions on women as pilgrims in the later Middle Ages.


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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--History--Europe--To 1500.
Christian women--Religious life--History--Europe--To 1500.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.


Europe--Religious life and customs.


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