Lives Of The Anchoresses
Subtitle: The Rise Of The Urban Recluse In Medieval Europe (Middle Ages Series)
Contributors: Myra Heerspink Scholz (Translator)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: February 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780812238525
Subjects: Christianity; History of religion; Women's studies; Women's Studies - General; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Institutions & Organizations; Eremitic life; Religion - Missions; Religion - Church Life; Monasticism; Religion; Europe; Middle Ages, 600-1500; Cities and towns; Religious aspects; To 1500; History; Monastic and religious life of; Monastic and religious life of women
First sentence: AT THE MARTINI CHURCH in Groningen, showpiece of a city still young in the thirteenth century, lived an anchoress.