Anchoritism in the Middle Ages : texts and traditions / edited by Catherine Innes-Parker and Naoëukita Yoshikawa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Innes-Parker, Catherine, 1956-

Yoshikawa, Naoë Kukita.

Series:

Religion & culture in the Middle Ages

Religion and culture in the Middle Ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hermits--History--To 1500.

Hermits.

Women hermits--History--To 1500.

Women hermits.

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : Univ of Wales Press, 2013.

Summary:

This volume explores medieval anchoritism from a variety of perspectives. The individual essays conceive anchoritism in broadly interpretive categories: challenging perceived notions of the very concept of anchoritic 'rule' and guidance; studying the interaction between language and linguistic forms; addressing the connection between anchoritism and other forms of solitude (particularly in European tales of sanctity); and exploring the influence of anchoritic literature on lay devotion. As a whole, the volume illuminates the richness and fluidity of anchoritic texts and contexts and shows how anchoritism pervaded the spirituality of the Middle Ages, for lay and religious alike. It moves through both space and time, ranging from the third century to the sixteenth, from England to the Continent and back. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Traditions of Anchoritic Guidance

1 Can There Be Such a Thing as an 'Anchoritic Rule'? / Bella Millet Millet, Bella 11

2 The Role of the Anchoritic Guidance Writer: Goscelin of St Bertin / Mari Hughes-Edwards Hughes-Edwards, Mari 31

3 Logical Discourse Markers in Julian of Norwich / Fumiko Yoshikawa Yoshikawa, Fumiko 47

II Enclosure and Sanctity in Hagiographical Tradition

4 Heresy and Heterodoxy: The Feminized Trinities of Marguerite Porete and Julian of Norwich / Jane Chance Chance, Jane 61

5 Hagiography and Idealism: St Dympna of Geel, an Uncanny Saint / Juliana Dresvina Dresvina, Juliana 83

6 Bridal Mysticism and the Politics of the Anchorhold: Dorothy of Montau / Sieglinde Hartmann Hartmann, Sieglinde 101

III Anchoritic Texts and Traditions in the Lay World

7 Secularization in Ancrene Wisse, Part 1: The 'Pater noster', 'Credo' and 'Ave' / Chiyoko Inosaki Inosaki, Chiyoko 117

8 Reading and Devotional Practice: The Wooing Group Prayers of British Library, MS Cotton Nero A.xiv / Catherine Innes-Parker Innes-Parker, Catherine 137

9 Carmelite Spirituality and the Laity in Late Medieval England / Naoë KukitaYoshikawa KukitaYoshikawa, Naoë 151

10 Printing and Reading Walter Hilton in Early Tudor England / Satoko Tokunaga Tokunaga, Satoko 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0708326021

9780708326022

OCLC:

810116635

Publisher Number:

99953674446