The idiom used by rugby teams, rock bands, and Las Vegas holidaymakers can also be applied to 14th and 15th century pilgrims on their religious journeys. We’ve got surviving souvenirs to show for it.
Oh you've made my day, Amy!! Makes great sense, and I absolutely love the badges etc. Vulvas with a crown, indeed!! I never thought of the pilgrimages as being for "fun" as well as religious purposes... :)
Great piece! I’ve seen these badges in lots of places — there’s a particularly big collection in Ypres’ Yper museum — but your ideas here definitely deepen my understanding of them. Thanks!
Thanks Ben, but all credit must go to Dr Janega. The badges first caught my eye because they were bawdy/‘feminist’; she helped me understand the historical context.
having done graduate wk in theology and, at the time, dug into contemporary research in medieval studies, i have a knee jerk reaction against these sorts of takes where we read our sexual norms onto a society that was by and large remarkably prudish, as in medieval studies this is so often tastelessly and thoughtlessly done. but in this case i struggle to find another explanation.
Thanks Stephen
Oh you've made my day, Amy!! Makes great sense, and I absolutely love the badges etc. Vulvas with a crown, indeed!! I never thought of the pilgrimages as being for "fun" as well as religious purposes... :)
Aw, that's great to hear! The badges are so fun, aren't they!
Great piece! I’ve seen these badges in lots of places — there’s a particularly big collection in Ypres’ Yper museum — but your ideas here definitely deepen my understanding of them. Thanks!
Thanks Ben, but all credit must go to Dr Janega. The badges first caught my eye because they were bawdy/‘feminist’; she helped me understand the historical context.
having done graduate wk in theology and, at the time, dug into contemporary research in medieval studies, i have a knee jerk reaction against these sorts of takes where we read our sexual norms onto a society that was by and large remarkably prudish, as in medieval studies this is so often tastelessly and thoughtlessly done. but in this case i struggle to find another explanation.