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Reading medieval anchoritism : ideology and spiritual practices / Mari Hughes-Edwards.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes-Edwards, Mari.
- Series:
- Religion & culture in the Middle Ages.
- Religion and culture in the Middle Ages
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hermits.
- Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Ideology--Religious aspects.
- Ideology.
- Spiritual life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 26, 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-20123-7
- 0-7083-2506-8
- OCLC:
- 796384766
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