Wandering women and holy matrons : women as pilgrims in the later Middle Ages
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| Format: | Livre |
| Langue: | English |
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Leiden [u.a.] : Brill,
2009
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| Titres liés à la collection: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions
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| Accès à la collection: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions |
| Sujets: | Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages Christian women Church history Pilgerin Geschichte 1300-1500 |
| Description matérielle: | X, 308 S. |
Table des matières:
- 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.