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Hermits and recluses in English society, 950-1200
- Title
- Hermits and recluses in English society, 950-1200 / Tom Licence.
- Author
- Licence, Tom.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- x, 240 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-230) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-3048
- ISBN
- 9780199592364 (hbk.)
- 0199592365 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2011381396
- OCLC
- 650216765
- Author
- Licence, Tom.
- Title
- Hermits and recluses in English society, 950-1200 / Tom Licence.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-230) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-3048