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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Innes-Parker, Catherine.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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.

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'

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7083-2603-X

OCLC:

843198813