Wandering women and holy matrons : women as pilgrims in the later Middle Ages / by Leigh Ann Craig.
Women commonly became pilgrims in Latin Christendom in the later Middle Ages, despite the opposition of contemporary critics. This book explores women's participation in many forms of pilgrimage, and also their construction of positive interpretations of that participation.
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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| Series: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ;
v. 138. |
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| Summary: | Women commonly became pilgrims in Latin Christendom in the later Middle Ages, despite the opposition of contemporary critics. This book explores women's participation in many forms of pilgrimage, and also their construction of positive interpretations of that participation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-299) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047427728 9047427726 1282400991 9781282400993 9786612400995 6612400994 |
| ISSN: | 1573-4188 ; |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |