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Women and Pilgrimage in Medieval Galicia (Paperback)
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For many in the Middle Ages, pilgrimages were seen to represent a
clear risk of moral and religious perdition for women, and they
were strongly discouraged from making them; this exhortation would
have been universally disseminated and generally followed, except,
of course, in the case of the virtuous 'extraordinary women', such
as saints and queens. Women and Pilgrimage in Medieval Galicia
represents an analysis of the social history of women based on
documentary sources and physical evidence, breaking away from
literary and historiographical stereotypes, while at the same time
contributing to a critical assessment of the myth that medieval
women were kept hidden away from the world. As the chapters here
show, women - and not only those 'extraordinary women', but also
women from other social strata - became pilgrims and travelled the
paths that led from their homes to the most important Christian
shrines, especially - although not exclusively - Jerusalem, Rome
and Santiago de Compostela. It can be seen that medieval women were
actively involved in this ritualistic expression of devotion,
piety, sacrifice or penitence. This situation is thoroughly
documented in this multidisciplinary book, with emphasis both on
the pilgrimages abroad from Galicia and on the pilgrimages to the
shrine of St James at Compostela.
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