Ancrene Wisse : From Pastoral Literature to Vernacular Spirituality
by
Cate Gunn
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages
ISBN-10
0708320341
ISBN-13
9780708320341
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Imprint
University of Wales Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 30th, 2008
Print length
208 Pages
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
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Provides an introduction to "Ancrene Wisse", one of the most important works in English of the thirteenth century. This book offers a fresh contextualisation which engages with the history of lay piety and vernacular spirituality in the Middle Ages.
Ancrene Wisse and Vernacular Spirituality in the Middle Ages is an introduction to the Ancrene Wisse—an important thirteenth-century guide for recluses who, for religious reasons, withdrew from secularity in order to lead an ascetic and prayer-oriented life. This volume considers the broad religious context in which the Ancrene Wisse was written and broadens that context by addressing issues of readership, drawing comparisons between lay piety and sermons, and challenging some of the long-held views on Ancrene Wisse’sspecifically female readership, articulating a place for the monastic classic in the developing literature of vernacular spirituality.
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