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Wandering women and holy matrons

by Craig, Leigh Ann.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; . v. 138 Published by : Brill, (Leiden ; | Boston :) Physical details: x, 308 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Europe -- History -- To 1500. | Christian women -- Religious life -- Europe -- History -- To 1500. | Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. | Europe -- Religious life and customs. | Electronic books.
Year: 2009
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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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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