Description
Book SynopsisTranslation of the Middle English manual 'Ancrene Riwle' ('Rule for Anchoresses'), which was composed between 1225 and 1240 for the spiritual instruction of women. This edition contains an introduction by Dom Gerard Sitwell and a preface by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Trade ReviewA valuable and readable introduction to the Ancrene Riwle. A remarkably skilful translation. * Review of English Studies *
Table of Contents
- PREFACE BY J. R. R. TOLKIEN
- INTRODUCTION BY DOM GERARD SITWELL
- TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
- THE AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION TO HIS RULE
- PART; I. DEVOTIONS
- II. THE CUSTODY OF THE SENSES
- III. THE REGULATION OF THE INWARD FEELINGS
- IV. TEMPTATIONS
- V. CONFESSION
- VI. PENANCE
- VII. LOVE
- VIII. EXTERNAL RULES
- APPENDIX
- Private devotions in the Ancrene Riwle, by Dom Gerard Sitwell
