Women pilgrims in late medieval England : private piety as public performance /

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This thought-provoking book explores medieval perceptions of pilgrimage, gender and space. It examines real life evidence for the widespread presence of women pilgrims, as well as secular and literary texts concerning pilgrimage.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morrison, Susan Signe, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, ©2000.
Series:Routledge research in medieval studies ; 3.
Subjects:
600-1500
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > England > History.
Christian women > Religious life > England > History.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Église > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION > Holidays > Christian.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
Christian women > Religious life
Church history > Middle Ages
Vrouwen.
Pelgrims.
England
Engeland.
Teologi > Teologi.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Milky Way: Women pilgrims and visual art; Legal documentation and restriction: Disruption and control; Gender, pilgrimage and medieval perceptions of space; Secular and religious literary depictions of women pilgrims; Performing Margery Kempe; Contextualizing female, male and child pilgrims; Appendices; Works cited; Index.

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