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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Main Author: Licence, Tom (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2011
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)
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B England / Hermit / History 950-1200
Further subjects:B 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