Women Pilgrims in Late Medieval England

'No doubt each reader will find a different aspect of this interesting book most illuminating.' - Shannon McSheffery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada'The scholarship on medieval women and religion has focused on ... women who by definition lived extraordinary lives, Morrison's contribution is an especially useful one.' - Shannon McGeffery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada'Women Pilgrims in Late Medieval England will be a valuable aid to the study of late-medieval religious studies.' - Medium Aevum'This is an exhaustively researched and necessary study in the wider field of pilgrimage, providing new insights into the place of women pilgrims in medieval society.' - Journeys

• Introduction 1 The Milky Way: Women pilgrims and visual art 2 Legal documentation and restriction: Disruption and control 3 Gender, pilgrimage and medieval perceptions of space 4 Secular and religious literary depictions of women pilgrims 5 Performing Margery Kempe 6 Contextualizing female, male and child pilgrims