Women pilgrims in late medieval England : private piety as public performance / Susan Signe Morrison.
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.
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full Text (via ProQuest) |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
©2000.
|
| Series: | Routledge research in medieval studies ;
3. |
| Subjects: |
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.