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Medieval Anchorites in Their Communities
Gunn, Cate; McAvoy, Liz Herbert
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Description for Medieval Anchorites in Their Communities
Essays challenging the orthodox opinion of anchorites as entirely divorced from the world around them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCX8; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Essays challenging the orthodox opinion of anchorites as entirely divorced from the world around them. Much of the research into medieval anchoritism to date has focused primarily on its liminal and elite status within the socio-religious cultures of its day: the anchorite has long been depicted as both solitary and alone, almost entirely removed from community and living a life of permanent withdrawal and isolation, in effect dead to the world. Considerably less attention has been afforded to the communal sociability that also formed part of the reclusivelife during the period, The essays in this volume, stemming ... Read more
Essays challenging the orthodox opinion of anchorites as entirely divorced from the world around them. Much of the research into medieval anchoritism to date has focused primarily on its liminal and elite status within the socio-religious cultures of its day: the anchorite has long been depicted as both solitary and alone, almost entirely removed from community and living a life of permanent withdrawal and isolation, in effect dead to the world. Considerably less attention has been afforded to the communal sociability that also formed part of the reclusivelife during the period, The essays in this volume, stemming ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843844624
SKU
V9781843844624
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About Gunn, Cate; McAvoy, Liz Herbert
CATE GUNN is an independent scholar who has written on thirteenth-century anchoritic and pastoral literature. LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY FLSW is Professor Emerita of Medieval Literature at Swansea University and Honorary Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol. CATE GUNN is an independent scholar who has written on thirteenth-century anchoritic and pastoral literature. LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY FLSW is Professor Emerita ... Read more
Reviews for Medieval Anchorites in Their Communities
An accessible entryway into its topic, the role of hermits, anchorites, and the like in medieval society. Anyone interested in anchorites could pick up this volume and find something compelling or relevant.
SEHEPUNKTE
[T]his book represents a high achievement in scholarship, especially its contribution towards proving the communal sociability of rural and urban anchorites in medieval communities.
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SEHEPUNKTE
[T]his book represents a high achievement in scholarship, especially its contribution towards proving the communal sociability of rural and urban anchorites in medieval communities.
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