Wandering women and holy matrons women as pilgrims in the later Middle Ages - Craig, Leigh Ann.; ebrary, Inc. (Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009)
Introduction -- "She koude muchel of wandrynge by the weye" : pilgrimage and the fear of wandering women -- "The mother prayed, the daughter felt relief" : women and miraculous pilgrimage -- "Stronger than men and braver than knights" : women and devotional pilgrimage -- "She was brought to the shrine by force" : women and compulsory pilgrimage -- "That you cannot see them comes only from an impossibility" : women and non-corporeal pilgrimage -- Home again : conclusions on women as pilgrims in the later Middle Ages.
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--The Ohio State University, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-299) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.; Christian women -- Religious life -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.; Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Europe -- Religious life and customs; Electronic books