Hermits and recluses in English society, 950 - 1200
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. Re...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford [u.a.]
Oxford University Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Reviews: | Hermits and recluses in English society, 950–1200. By Tom Licence. Pp. xi+240. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. £55. 978 0 19 959236 4 (2012) (Ward, Benedicta)
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| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Hermit
/ History 950-1200
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Recluses (England)
History To 1500
B Recluses (England) Social life and customs B Recluses (England) Social conditions B England Social conditions 1066-1485 B Hermits (England) Social conditions B Hermits (England) Social life and customs B Hermits (England) History To 1500 |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| ISBN: | 0199592365 |