This paper examines both the positive and negative evidence of Portable Antiquities Scheme data for medieval pilgrim
souvenirs, to better understand pilgrimage in relation to three female saints’ cults: Our Lady of Walsingham, St
Margaret of Antioch and St Winefride. In particular, distributional patterns of these data are analysed to examine
issues of movement and variation in usage. For example, suggestions are given for the lack of material evidence for
some cults, such as that of St Winefride, considering the possibility that a quantity of pilgrim souvenirs were either
organic or were naturally occurring. Also discussed are broader cultural trends across the medieval religious landscape,
as well as directions for future study.
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