Anchoritism in the Middle Ages
Texts and Traditions
Distributed for University of Wales Press
202 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2013
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Table of Contents

Contents
Series Editors’ Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Catherine Innes-Parker and Naoë Kukita Yoshikawa
I. Traditions of Anchoritic Guidance
1. Can There Be Such a Thing as an ‘Anchoritic Rule’?
Bella Millet
2. The Role of the Anchoritic Guidance Writer: Goscelin of St Bertin
Mari Hughes-Edwards
3. Logical Discourse Markers in Julian of Norwich
Fumiko Yoshikawa
II. Enclosure and Sanctity in Hagiographical Tradition
4. Heresy and Heterodoxy: The Feminized Trinities of Marguerite Porete and Julian of Norwich
Jane Chance
5. Hagiography and Idealism: St Dympna of Geel , an Uncanny Saint
Juliana Dresvina
6. Bridal Mysticism and the Politics of the Anchorhold: Dorothy of Montau
Sieglinde Hartmann
III. Anchoritic Texts and Traditions in the Lay World
7. Secularization in Ancrene Wisse, Part 1: The ‘Pater noster’, ‘Credo’ and ‘Ave’
Chiyoko Inosaki
8. Reading and Devotional Practice: The Wooing Group Prayers of British Library, MS Cotton Nero A.xiv
Catherine Innes-Parker
9. Carmelite Spirituality and the Laity in Late Medieval England
Naoë Kukita Yoshikawa
10. Printing and Reading Walter Hilton in Early Tudor England
Satoko Tokunaga
Catherine Innes-Parker and Naoë Kukita Yoshikawa
I. Traditions of Anchoritic Guidance
1. Can There Be Such a Thing as an ‘Anchoritic Rule’?
Bella Millet
2. The Role of the Anchoritic Guidance Writer: Goscelin of St Bertin
Mari Hughes-Edwards
3. Logical Discourse Markers in Julian of Norwich
Fumiko Yoshikawa
II. Enclosure and Sanctity in Hagiographical Tradition
4. Heresy and Heterodoxy: The Feminized Trinities of Marguerite Porete and Julian of Norwich
Jane Chance
5. Hagiography and Idealism: St Dympna of Geel , an Uncanny Saint
Juliana Dresvina
6. Bridal Mysticism and the Politics of the Anchorhold: Dorothy of Montau
Sieglinde Hartmann
III. Anchoritic Texts and Traditions in the Lay World
7. Secularization in Ancrene Wisse, Part 1: The ‘Pater noster’, ‘Credo’ and ‘Ave’
Chiyoko Inosaki
8. Reading and Devotional Practice: The Wooing Group Prayers of British Library, MS Cotton Nero A.xiv
Catherine Innes-Parker
9. Carmelite Spirituality and the Laity in Late Medieval England
Naoë Kukita Yoshikawa
10. Printing and Reading Walter Hilton in Early Tudor England
Satoko Tokunaga
Bibliography
Index
Review Quotes
Liz Herbert McAvoy, Swansea University
“Wide-ranging and fully accessible, this book reflects an exciting international scholarly collaboration, offering a broad and compelling analysis of the influence of anchoritism and its associated traditions upon the spirituality of Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages. Disrupting traditional geographical boundaries, the essays draw together with some of the more canonical writings a number of hitherto underexplored or overlooked expressions of this form of the solitary life.”
Elizabeth Robertson, University of Glasgow
“Emerging from a powerful meeting of the International Anchoritic Society in Japan in 2008, this volume explores the development of anchoritism across Europe, including in works by spiritual writers such as Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and Dorothy of Mantau. Deepening our understanding of the linguistic features of the originary texts as well as the development of lay spirituality, these essays make a significant contribution to the recent efflorescence of critical attention to the history of spirituality.”
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