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Anchoritism in the Middle Ages: Texts and Traditions (Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages) - Softcover
Anchoritism in the Middle Ages approaches medieval anchoritism from a variety of critical angles. Individually, the essays challenge perceived notions of the very concept of anchoritic rule and guidance, study the interaction between language and linguistic forms in anchoritic texts, address the connection between anchoritism and other forms of solitude, and explore the influence of anchoritic literature on lay devotion. As a whole, the volume, which ranges from the third century to the sixteenth and spans all of Europe, illuminates the richness and fluidity of anchoritic works and shows how anchoritism pervaded the spirituality of the Middle Ages, for the lay and religious alike.
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Catherine Innes-Parker is professor of medieval literature in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Canada.
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“Wide-ranging and fully accessible, this book reflects an exciting international scholarly collaboration, offering a broad and compelling analysis of the influence of anchoritism and its associated traditions upon the spirituality of Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages. Disrupting traditional geographical boundaries, the essays draw together with some of the more canonical writings a number of hitherto underexplored or overlooked expressions of this form of the solitary life.” (Liz Herbert McAvoy, Swansea University)
“Emerging from a powerful meeting of the International Anchoritic Society in Japan in 2008, this volume explores the development of anchoritism across Europe, including in works by spiritual writers such as Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and Dorothy of Mantau. Deepening our understanding of the linguistic features of the originary texts as well as the development of lay spirituality, these essays make a significant contribution to the recent efflorescence of critical attention to the history of spirituality.” (Elizabeth Robertson, University of Glasgow)
“Emerging from a powerful meeting of the International Anchoritic Society in Japan in 2008, this volume explores the development of anchoritism across Europe, including in works by spiritual writers such as Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and Dorothy of Mantau. Deepening our understanding of the linguistic features of the originary texts as well as the development of lay spirituality, these essays make a significant contribution to the recent efflorescence of critical attention to the history of spirituality.” (Elizabeth Robertson, University of Glasgow)
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- PublisherUniversity of Wales Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0708326021
- ISBN 13 9780708326022
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
- EditorInnes-Parker Catherine, Yoshikawa Naoë Kukita
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Anchoritism in the Middle Ages: Texts and Traditions (Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages)
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