Reading medieval anchoritism : ideology and spiritual practices / Mari Hughes-Edwards.
Material type: TextSeries: Religion & culture in the Middle AgesPublication details: Cardiff : University Of Wales Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 190 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780708325063
- 0708325068
- 9781783165155
- 1783165154
- 1299201237
- 9781299201231
- Hermits
- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English
- English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Texts
- Spiritual life -- Christianity
- Monastic and religious life
- Monasticism and religious orders -- Common life
- Ermites
- Vie spirituelle -- Christianisme
- Vie religieuse et monastique
- hermits
- RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations
- RELIGION -- History
- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
- English language -- Middle English
- Hermits
- Monastic and religious life
- Spiritual life -- Christianity
- 1100 - 1500
- 255.02 23
- BX2845 .H84 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Introducing the Guides; Anchoritic Enclosure; Anchoritic Solitude and Sociability; Anchoritism and Asceticism; Anchoritism and Contemplative Experience; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix: Guidance Text Overview; Select Bibliography; Index.
This interdisciplinary study of medieval English anchoritism from 1080-1450, explodes the myth of the anchorhold as solitary death-cell, reveals it instead as the site of potential intellectual exchange, and demonstrates an anchoritic spirituality in synch with the wider medieval world.
English.
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