Reading Medieval Anchoritism : Ideology and Spiritual Practices
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages
ISBN-10
070832505X
ISBN-13
9780708325056
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Imprint
University of Wales Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 8th, 2011
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
348 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 16.20 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
British & Irish historyMedieval historyChurch historyChristian communities & monasticism
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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 the site of potential intellectual exchange, and demonstrates an anchoritic spirituality in synch with the wider medieval world.
Medieval anchorites embraced the most extreme and punishing form of solitude known to the medieval worldenclosure in the same four walls for lifein order to forge a closer connection with God. As a way of understanding the lives, beliefs, and experiences of anchorites, Reading Medieval Anchoritism explores guides to the anchorite life that were published in England throughout the Middle Ages. Mari Hughes-Edwards surveys five centuries of the guides negotiations of four anchoritic idealsenclosure, solitude, chastity, and orthodoxyas well as two vital spiritual practices, asceticism and contemplative experience. The book explodes the long-standing myth of the anchorhold as solitary death-cell, revealing it instead as the site of potential intellectual change and spiritual growth.
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