• ISBN13: 9780708326015
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Religion and Philosophy
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Publisher Imprint: University of Wales Press
• Publication Date: January 1, 2013
• Pages: 202
• Original Price: GBP 90.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 498 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Europe / Medieval

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.