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Reading medieval anchoritism : ideology and spiritual practices / Mari Hughes-Edwards.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion & culture in the Middle AgesPublication details: Cardiff : University Of Wales Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 190 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780708325063
  • 0708325068
  • 9781783165155
  • 1783165154
  • 1299201237
  • 9781299201231
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reading medieval anchoritism.DDC classification:
  • 255.02 23
LOC classification:
  • BX2845 .H84 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Introducing the Guides; Anchoritic Enclosure; Anchoritic Solitude and Sociability; Anchoritism and Asceticism; Anchoritism and Contemplative Experience; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix: Guidance Text Overview; Select Bibliography; Index.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)457851

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Introducing the Guides; Anchoritic Enclosure; Anchoritic Solitude and Sociability; Anchoritism and Asceticism; Anchoritism and Contemplative Experience; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix: Guidance Text Overview; Select Bibliography; Index.

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.

English.