Madeline Link

Madeline's research focuses on journeys undertaken by medieval women: physical journeys like pilgrimage; spiritual journeys like ecstasy; journeys of identity prompted by a change in location, vocation, religion, or appearance; and the places where these overlap, in which physical movement becomes the locus for mystical experience or other significant transformation. She hopes this research will examine the extent of women’s agency in the Middle Ages and the variety of its expression. Figures of particular interest include Joan of Arc, Egeria, and Hildegund/Joseph of Schoenau.