Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3831
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Webb , Diana.
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  • Title: Freedom of Movement? Women Travellers in the Middle Ages [The author provides a brief overview of women who travelled during the late Middle Ages. On occasion demands of business, politics, or war required women to travel. However, the most frequent reason for travel was pilgrimage, sometimes to local or religious shrines, but also to distant locations like Rome and Jerusalem. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Studies on Medieval and Early Modern Women: Pawns or Players?  Edited by Christine Meek and Catherine Lawless.  Four Courts Press, 2003.  Pages 75 - 89.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Pilgrimage Travel Women in Active Roles
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: 14- 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: King's College, London
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  • Year of Publication: 2003.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 1851827749