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Anchoritism in the Middle Ages approaches medieval anchoritism from a variety of critical angles. Individually, the essays challenge perceived notions of the very concept of anchoritic rule and guidance, study the interaction between language and linguistic forms in anchoritic texts, address the connection between anchoritism and other forms of solitude, and explore the influence of anchoritic literature on lay devotion. As a whole, the volume, which ranges from the third century to the sixteenth and spans all of Europe, illuminates the richness and fluidity of anchoritic works and shows how anchoritism pervaded the spirituality of the Middle Ages, for the lay and religious alike.

Reviews
Table of 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
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