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Sarah Hopper.
Mothers, Mystics and Merrymakers: Medieval Women Pilgrims.
Published Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2006.
ISBN 0750938005;
ISBN-13: 9780750938006.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Size: 160×240×22mm.
Page count: xvii,206pp inc. 2 monochrome maps, plus 16 pages of monochrome and 16 pages of colour plates.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy shows the usual mild scuffs etc. on its exterior, noticeable but not severe; pages starting to yellow slightly with age; otherwise doesn’t look heavily used, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £10.00
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[Publisher’s price £20.00]
Weight without packaging: 508g.

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Contents: Reasons & motivation; Early women pilgrims; Portrayals & perceptions of women pilgrims; Margery Kempe; Chaucer’s Wife of Bath & Prioress; The holy, the mystic & the cloistered; The royal, the rich & the noble; Female saints & their shrines; Pitstops & provision — catering for the woman pilgrim; Hazards & mishaps — danger along the way; Dreams, miracles & hysteria — women as supplicants & devotees; Pilgrimage under fire — controversy & decline.

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