- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 240 p.)
- Uniform Title
- Hermits and recluses in English society, 950-1200 (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Hermits and recluses in English society, 950-1200 (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-230) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2011381396
- OCLC
- ssj0000530269
- Author
Licence, Tom.
- Title
Hermits and recluses in English society, 950-1200 [electronic resource] / Tom Licence.
- Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-230) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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