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Medieval Anchoritisms

Gender, Space and the Solitary Life

Liz Herbert McAvoy
Livre relié | Anglais | Gender in the Middle Ages | n° 6
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Originating in the deserts of northern Africa in the early years of Christianity, anchoritism, or the enclosed solitary life, gradually metamorphosed into a permanent characteristic of European religiosity; from the twelfth century onwards, and throughout the middle ages, it was embraced with increasing enthusiasm, by devoted laywomen in particular.
This book investigates the wider cultural importance of medieval anchoritism within the different religious landscapes and climates of the period. Drawing upon a range of contemporary gender and spatial theories, it focuses on the gender dynamics of this remarkable way of life, and the material spaces which they generated and within which they operated. As such, it unites related - but too often discrete - areas of scholarship, including early Christian anchoritism, anchoritic guidance texts and associated works, fourteenth and fifteenth-century holy womenwith close anchoritic connections, and a range of other less known works dealing with or connected to the anchoritic life.

Dr LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY is Senior Lecturer in Gender in English and Medieval Studies at Swansea University

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Nombre de pages :
211
Langue:
Anglais
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n° 6

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EAN:
9781843842774
Date de parution :
18-08-11
Format:
Livre relié
Format numérique:
Genaaid
Dimensions :
155 mm x 236 mm
Poids :
589 g

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