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Medieval Anchorites in their Communities
Liz Herbert McAvoy,
Cate Gunn
Swansea University Author: Liz Herbert McAvoy
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Abstract
Medieval anchorites have long been viewed as solitary and isolated religious figures. The contributors to this volume, however, offer a different stance, arguing that the medieval anchorite was frequently both a social and communal figure, interacting with others on a variety of different levels: me...
| ISBN: | 9781843844624 |
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| ISSN: | 09552480 |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk : D.S. Brewer is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer
D. S. Brewer
2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34595 |
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| Abstract: |
Medieval anchorites have long been viewed as solitary and isolated religious figures. The contributors to this volume, however, offer a different stance, arguing that the medieval anchorite was frequently both a social and communal figure, interacting with others on a variety of different levels: metaphysical, spiritual and textual. |
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| Keywords: |
anchorite; hermit; solitude; sociability, church history Middle Ages, 600-1500, hermits England history; congresses. |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |