| Description |
1 online resource (x, 240 pages) |
| Contents |
The Anglo-Saxon and European background. The Anglo-Saxon inheritance, 650-950 ; The wider European context, 950-1100 -- The rise of the hermit in England. The eremitic ideal, c.950-c.1050 ; Ascetics and hermits, c.1050-c.1080 ; Hermits and their admirers, c.1080-c.1120 -- The rise of the recluse. Recluses in the German Empire ; The rise of the recluse in England -- How anchorites made a living. Anchorites and their patrons ; Pioneers in the wilderness ; Living in a cell -- Eradicating sin, in theory. Model 1 : exile as a satisfactory penance ; Model 2 : exile as the preliminary phase of purgation ; Model 3 : anachoresis as the imitatio Christi ; Modelling reclusion ; Models outside the monasteries -- Eradicating sin, in practice. Escaping the world ; Purifying the mind and overcoming the flesh ; Warning with demons ; Forbearance in the vocation -- How anchorites helped others. Inspiring repentance ; Intercession ; Clients and confraternities ; Mediating God's power -- How anchorites became saints |
| Summary |
Tom Licence sets out to discover why hermits and recluses rose to prominence in the central Middle Ages, in the context of European monasticism and trends in spirituality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christian life -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Hermits -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Hermits -- England -- Social conditions
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Hermits -- England -- Social life and customs
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Recluses -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Recluses -- England -- Social conditions
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Recluses -- England -- Social life and customs
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Christian life -- Middle Ages
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Hermits
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Recluses
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| SUBJECT |
England -- Religious life and customs
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| Subject |
England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199592364 |
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0199592365 |
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