{"product_id":"hermits-and-anchorites-in-england-1200-1550-9781526127235","title":"Hermits and Anchorites in England, 1200–1550","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis source book offers a comprehensive treatment of solitary religious lives in England in the late Middle Ages. It covers both enclosed recluses (anchorites) and free-wandering hermits, and explores the relationship between them. Although there has been a recent surge of interest in the solitary vocations, especially anchorites, this has focused almost exclusively on a small number of examples. The field is in need of reinvigoration, and this book provides it. Featuring translated extracts from a wide range of Latin, Middle English and Old French sources, as well as a scholarly introduction and commentary from one of the foremost experts in the field, \u003ci\u003eHermits and anchorites in England \u003c\/i\u003eis an invaluable resource for students and lecturers alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eHermits and Anchorites in England, 1200-1550\u003c\/i\u003e, the latest addition to the Manchester Medieval Sources series, serves as a complement to this literary and spiritual emphasis (11), presenting an extraordinarily rich range of extracts translated from Latin, French and Middle English primary sources, which collectively illuminate the more external and material aspects of the solitary vocation. […] . This unparalleled command of the field makes him the ideal expositor of these complex, often obscure sources, allowing him to shape them into a series of coherent narratives. The international community of anchoritic scholars will be indebted to this work and the insights it enables for many decades to come.'\u003cbr\u003eTMR - Christiania Whitehead\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eI Becoming an anchorite\u003cbr\u003eII A cell of one's own\u003cbr\u003eIII A day in the anchoritic life\u003cbr\u003eIV For the whole term of this life\u003cbr\u003eV Scenes of eremitical life\u003cbr\u003eVI Rules and regulations\u003cbr\u003eVII Renegades, charismatics and charlatans\u003cbr\u003eVIII Dissolution\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040993968471,"sku":"9781526127235","price":23.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526127235.jpg?v=1750948524","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hermits-and-anchorites-in-england-1200-1550-9781526127235","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}