Women pilgrims in late medieval England : private piety and public performance / Susan Signe Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrison, Susan Signe, 1959-

Series:

Routledge research in medieval studies ; 3.

Routledge research in medieval studies ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--England--History--To 1500.

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Christian women--Religious life--England--History--To 1500.

Christian women.

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 and women pilgrims represented in the visual arts. Women pilgrims were inextricably linked with sexuality and their presence on the pilgrimage trails was viewed as tainting sacred space.

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-183) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-73762-9

1-134-73763-7

1-280-15685-6

9786610156856

0-203-46380-3

0-203-25033-8

9780203463802

OCLC:

84146359