Wandering Women and Holy Matrons: Women as Pilgrims in the Later Middle Ages (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions) by Leigh Ann Craig
English | Mar 31, 2009 | ISBN: 9004174265 | 329 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | Mar 31, 2009 | ISBN: 9004174265 | 329 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
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.