Hermits and anchorites in England, 1200-1550 : selected sources /

This source book offers a comprehensive treatment of solitary religious lives in England in the late Middle Ages. It covers both enclosed recluses (anchorites) and free-wandering hermits, and explores the relationship between them. Although there has been a recent surge of interest in the solitary v...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jones, E. A. (Edward Alexander), 1968- (Translator, Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2019]
Series:Manchester medieval sources series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Becoming an anchorite
  • A cell of one's own
  • A day in the anchoritic life
  • For the whole term of this life
  • Scenes of eremitical life
  • Rules and regulation
  • Renegades, charismatics and charlatans
  • Dissolution.