Anchoritism in the Middle Ages

Innes-Parker, Catherine.

Anchoritism in the Middle Ages Texts and Traditions. [electronic resource] : - Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (222 p.) - Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages . - Religion & culture in the Middle Ages. .

Anchoritism in the Middle Ages explores the relationships between anchoritism (the life of a solitary religious recluse) and other forms of solitude and sanctity, addressing the different ways in which anchoritism can be interpreted, the relationships between anchoritism and other forms of medieval devotion, and the evolving audience for vernacular guidance literature.

9780708326039 (electronic bk.) 070832603X (electronic bk.)


Hermits--History--Europe--To 1500.
RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations


Europe--Church history.


Electronic books.

BX2847.E85 .I47 2013

255.02