European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2009

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• Wandering Women and Holy Matrons

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  • Author: L.A. Craig
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  • Women commonly became pilgrims in Latin Christendom in the later Middle Ages, despite the opposition of contemporary critics. This book explores women’s participation in many forms of pilgrimage, and also their construction of positive interpretations of that participation.

• Wisdom and Chivalry

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  • Author: Stephen H. Rigby
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  • Examining Chaucer's Knight's Tale in the context of medieval mirrors for princes, this book argues that, in the figure of Duke Thesues, the tale presents us with the portrait of a model prince in terms of the standards of medieval political theory.