Wandering women and holy matrons : : women as pilgrims in the later Middle Ages / / by Leigh Ann Craig.

• Superior document: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, v. 138
• Author: Craig, Leigh Ann.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 138.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Notes: Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--The Ohio State University, 2001.

This book explores women’s experiences of pilgrimage in Latin Christendom between 1300 and 1500 C.E. Later medieval authors harbored grave doubts about women’s mobility; literary images of mobile women commonly accused them of lust, pride, greed, and deceit. Yet real women commonly engaged in pilgri...