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Language: en
Pages: 279
Pages: 279
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-15 - Publisher: University of Wales Press
Medieval anchorites willingly embraced the most extreme form of solitude known to the medieval world, so they might forge a closer connection with God. Yet to b
Language: en
Pages: 206
Pages: 206
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-15 - Publisher: University of Wales Press
This interdisciplinary study of medieval English anchoritism from 1080-1450, explodes the myth of the anchorhold as solitary death-cell, reveals it instead as t
Language: en
Pages: 202
Pages: 202
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher:
Anchoritism in the Middle Ages explores the relationships between anchoritism (the life of a solitary religious recluse) and other forms of solitude and sanctit
Language: en
Pages: 0
Pages: 0
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-15 - Publisher:
Until recently, the figure of the medieval anchorite and the underlying ideological concepts that framed her day-to-day existence have escaped detailed examinat
Language: en
Pages: 243
Pages: 243
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
The monograph series Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture showcases the plurilingual and multicultural quality of medieval literature and actively