“The rich and the poor, the lesser and the great” : Social representations of female pilgrims in medieval England

Date added to Library: October 12, 2023

Keyword/s: HISTORY, MIRACLES, PILGRIMAGE IN BRITAIN, SHRINES, SOCIOLOGY

Ref Type: Offprint

Author: Bailey, Anne E.
Year: 2014
Publisher: The Social History Society
Accession No: 07887
pp: 20
In Pub: Cultural and Social History
Volume: 11
Issue: 1
Pages: 9-29
location: PAM 1397
Comment: Starting with a plea for healing at St Frideswide's shrine at Oxford, this examines the social representation of female pilgrims, beginning with the "Three Orders" of bellatores, oratores and laboratores. The author, of Oxford, is the CSJ's Storrs Lecturer for 2023.