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Essays challenging the orthodox opinion of anchorites as entirely divorced from the world around them.

An examination of the growth and different varieties of anchoritism throughout medieval Europe.

This source book offers a comprehensive treatment of the solitary religious lives in England in the late Middle Ages. It covers both enclosed anchorites or recl

Translation and facing text of an important female-authored work from the late middle ages.

In cities and towns across northern Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a new type of religious woman took up authoritative positions in society, al