| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 202 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Religion and culture in the Middle Ages |
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Religion & culture in the Middle Ages.
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| Contents |
Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Can There Be Such a Thing as an 'Anchoritic Rule'?; The Role of the Anchoritic Guidance Writer: Goscelin of St Bertin; Logical Discourse Markers in Julian of Norwich; Heresy and Heterodoxy: The Feminized Trinities of Marguerite Poreteand Julian of Norwich; Hagiography and Idealism: St Dympna of Geel, an Uncanny Saint; Bridal Mysticism and the Politics of the Anchorhold: Dorothy of Montau; Secularization in Ancrene Wisse, Part 1: The 'Pater noster', 'Credo' and 'Ave' |
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Reading and Devotional Practice: The Wooing Group Prayers ofBritish Library, MS Cotton Nero A.xivCarmelite Spirituality and the Laity in Late Medieval England; Printing and Reading Walter Hilton in Early Tudor England; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Anchoritism in the Middle Ages explores the relationships between anchoritism (the life of a solitary religious recluse) and other forms of solitude and sanctity, addressing the different ways in which anchoritism can be interpreted, the relationships between anchoritism and other forms of medieval devotion, and the evolving audience for vernacular guidance literature |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Hermits -- History -- To 1500
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Women hermits -- History -- To 1500
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Devotional.
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Hermits
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Women hermits
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Innes-Parker, Catherine
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Yoshikawa, Naoë Kukita
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| ISBN |
9780708326039 |
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070832603X |
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0708326013 |
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9780708326015 |
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9781783160396 |
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178316039X |
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0708326021 |
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9780708326022 |
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