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Anchoritic Traditions of Medieval Europe by Liz Herbert McAvoy (Hardcover, 2010)

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The practice of anchoritism - religious enclosure which was frequently solitary and voluntarily embraced, very often in a permanent capacity - was widespread in many areas of Europe throughout the middle ages. Originating in the desert withdrawal of the earliest Christians and prefiguring even the monastic life, anchoritism developed into an elite vocation which was popular amongst both men and women. Within this reclusive vocation, the anchorite would withdraw, either alone or with others like her or him, to a small cell or building, very frequently attached to a church or other religious institution, where she or he would - theoretically at least - remain locked up until death. In the later period it was a vocation which was particularly associated with pious laywomen who appear to have opted for this extreme way of life in their thousands throughout western Europe, often as an alternative to marriage orremarriage, allowing them, instead, to undertake the role of living saint within the community. This volume brings together for the first time in English much of the most important European scholarship on the subject to date. Tracing the vocation's origins from the Egyptian deserts of early Christian activity through to its multiple expressions in western Europe, it also identifies some of those regions - Wales and Scotland, for example - where thephenomenon does not appear to have been as widespread. As such, the volume provides an invaluable resource for those interested in the theories and practices of medieval anchoritism in particular, and the development of medieval religiosity more widely. Dr LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY is Professor of Medieval Literature at Swansea University. CONTRIBUTORS: Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker, Gabriela Signori, M. Sensi, G. Cavero Dominguez, P. L'Hermite-Leclercq, Mari Hughes-Edwards, Colman O Clabaigh, Anna McHugh, Liz Herbert McAvoy.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd, M. Sensi, Mari Hughes-Edwards, Anna McHugh, G. Cavero Dominguez, Colman O Clabaigh, P. L'Hermite-Leclercq, Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker, Gabriela Signori, Liz Herbert McAvoy
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9781843835202
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Anchoritic Traditions of Medieval Europe
Author
Liz Herbert Mcavoy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Religious History, Christianity, History
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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234mm
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156mm

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Liz Herbert Mcavoy
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United Kingdom

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