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Essays on women and devotional literature in the Middle Ages in commemoration and celebration of the respected feminist scholar Catherine Innes-Parker.

New essays on the burgeoning of pastoral and devotional literature in medieval England.

Much of the research into medieval anchoritism to date has focused primarily on its liminal and elite status within the socio-religious cultures of its day. The anchorite has long been depicted as both solitary and alone, almost entirely removed from community and living a life of permanent withdrawal and isolation: in effect dead to the world. The essays in this volume, stemming from a variety of cross-disciplinary approaches and methodologie...

Ancrene Wisse and Vernacular Spirituality in the Middle Ages" is an introduction to the "Ancrene Wisse"--an important thirteenth-century guide for recluses who, for religious reasons, withdrew from secularity in order to lead an ascetic and prayer-oriented life. This volume considers the broad religious context in which the "Ancrene Wisse" was written and broadens that context by addressing issues of readership, drawing comparisons between lay...