Hermits and recluses in English society, 950-1200
Licence, TomAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
Tom Licence sets out to discover why hermits and recluses rose to prominence in the central Middle Ages, in the context of European monasticism and trends in spirituality.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Tom Licence sets out to discover why hermits and recluses rose to prominence in the central Middle Ages, in the context of European monasticism and trends in spirituality.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 10, 2011).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Anglo-Saxon and European background. The Anglo-Saxon inheritance, 650-950 ; The wider European context, 950-1100 -- The rise of the hermit in England. The eremitic ideal, c.950-c.1050 ; Ascetics and hermits, c.1050-c.1080 ; Hermits and their admirers, c.1080-c.1120 -- The rise of the recluse. Recluses in the German Empire ; The rise of the recluse in England -- How anchorites made a living. Anchorites and their patrons ; Pioneers in the wilderness ; Living in a cell -- Eradicating sin, in theory. Model 1 : exile as a satisfactory penance ; Model 2 : exile as the preliminary phase of purgation ; Model 3 : anachoresis as the imitatio Christi ; Modelling reclusion ; Models outside the monasteries -- Eradicating sin, in practice. Escaping the world ; Purifying the mind and overcoming the flesh ; Warning with demons ; Forbearance in the vocation -- How anchorites helped others. Inspiring repentance ; Intercession ; Clients and confraternities ; Mediating God's power -- How anchorites became saints.
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