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2016 Foreword INDIES Award Winner in 3 Categories:
-Bronze: Women's Studies
-Honorable Mention: History
-Honorable Mention: Young Adult Nonfiction

What have a deaf nun, the mother of the first baby born to Europeans in North America, and a condemned heretic to do with one another? They are among the virtuous virgins, marvelous maidens, and fierce feminists of the Middle Ages who trail-blazed paths for women today. Without those first courageous souls who worked in fields dominated by men, women might not have the presence they currently do in professions such as education, the...

This transdisciplinary text explores medieval perceptions of pilgrimage, gender and space. The author examines real life examples of women pilgrims as evidence for the widespread presence of women pilgrims, as well as secular and literary texts concerning pilgrimage and women pilgrims represented in the visual arts. She argues that women pilgrims were inextricably linked with sexuality and their presence on the pilgrimage trails was viewed as tainting sacred space.