Anchoritism in the Middle Ages : Texts and Traditions
ISBN: 9780708326022 | 0708326021
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Pub. Date: 6/15/2013
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This volume explores medieval anchoritism (the life of a solitary religious recluse) 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... MORE
| Introduction | |
| Traditions of Anchoritic Guidance | |
| 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 | |
| Enclosure and Sanctity in Hagiographical Tradition | |
| Heresy and Heterodoxy: The Feminized Trinities of Marguerite Porete and Julian of Norwich | |
| ... MORE | |
| Bridal Mysticism and the Politics of the Anchorhold: Dorothy of Montau | |
| Anchoritic Texts and Traditions in the Lay World | |
| Secularization in Ancrene Wisse, Part 1: The 'Pater noster', 'Credo', and 'Ave' | |
| Reading and Devotional Practice: The Wooing Group Prayers of British Library, MS Cotton Nero A.xiv | |
| Carmelite Spirituality and the Laity in the Late Medieval England | |
| Printing and Reading Walter Hylton in Early Tudor England | |
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