Wandering women and holy matrons women as pilgrims in the later Middle Ages

Wandering women and holy matrons : women as pilgrims in the later Middle Ages

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Craig, Leigh Ann (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2009
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions 138
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions
Schlagworte:Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages Christian women Church history Pilgerin Geschichte 1300-1500
Umfang:X, 308 S.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.