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Sometime in the first quarter of the 13th century a number of works were written for anchoresses, women who lived as religious recluses in cells adjoining churc
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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
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The monograph series Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture showcases the plurilingual and multicultural quality of medieval literature and actively
Approaching Medieval English Anchoritic and Mystical Texts
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Gender and Holiness
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This collection brings together two flourishing areas of medieval scholarship: gender and religion. It examines gender-specific religious practices and contends