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Reading Medieval Anchoritism
Language: en
Pages: 206
Authors: Mari Hughes-Edwards
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-15 - Publisher: University of Wales Press

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This interdisciplinary study of medieval English anchoritism from 1080-1450, explodes the myth of the anchorhold as solitary death-cell, reveals it instead as t
Anchoritism in the Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 202
Authors: Catherine Innes-Parker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher:

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Anchoritism in the Middle Ages explores the relationships between anchoritism (the life of a solitary religious recluse) and other forms of solitude and sanctit
Anchoritic Traditions of Medieval Europe
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Liz Herbert McAvoy
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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An examination of the growth and different varieties of anchoritism throughout medieval Europe.
Anchoritism in the Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 286
Authors: Catherine Innes-Parker
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-30 - Publisher: University of Wales Press

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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
Anchorites, Wombs and Tombs
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Liz Herbert McAvoy
Categories: Church history
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-15 - Publisher:

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Until recently, the figure of the medieval anchorite and the underlying ideological concepts that framed her day-to-day existence have escaped detailed examinat