Medieval anchoritisms : gender, space and the solitary life /

An examination of the importance of anchoritism to social, cultural and religious life in the middle ages.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Herbert McAvoy, Liz
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2011.
Series:Gender in the Middle Ages ; v. 6.
Subjects:
600-1500
Hermits.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Ermites.
Église > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
hermits.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Church history > Middle Ages
Hermits
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Miles Christi: Early Anchoritic Masculinity and the Sacred
  • 2. Videte vocacionem vestram: Late-Medieval Male Anchoritism and the Spectral Feminine
  • 3. Writing the Flesh: Female Anchoritism and the Master Narrative
  • 4. Reading with the Eyes Closed: Revising the Master Narrative
  • 5. Mapping the Anchorhold: Anchorites, Borderlands and Liminal Spaces.

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