Laird, EdgarSims, Laura2011-03-072011-03-072010-12Sims, L. (2010). Rhetoricizing body and ritual: Women writing in the Middle Ages (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/2484This thesis applies Victor Turner's ritual theories to the writings of Heloise, Christine de Pizan, Julian of Norwich, and Margery Kempe. I argue that medieval women writers create social dramas within their texts in order to accomplish those ritual transformations which remain unattainable through their personal experiences.Text97 pages1 file (.pdf)enHeloisede Pizan, ChristineBook of the City of LadiesJulian of NorwichRevelations of Divine LoveKempe, MargeryTurner, VictorRitualMedieval womenWomen writersThesis