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Rhetoric of the Anchorhold: Space, Place and Body Within Discourses of Enclosure

Rhetoric of the Anchorhold: Space, Place and Body Within Discourses of Enclosure

Liz Herbert McAvoy
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This volume of essays focuses on religious reclusion in England—commonly referred to as anchoritic enclosure—which reached the height of its popularity, particularly for women, in the later Middle Ages. Examining this extraordinary phenomenon of voluntary, permanent solitary enclosure in a cell attached to a church from a number of different perspectives, Rhetoric of the Anchorhold demonstrates how the rhetoric of this form of enclosure became a key part of religious discourse. Exploring how the anchorhold’s associations traveled into lay culture, this volume argues for the centrality of anchoritic spirituality to the religious climate of the Middle Ages in spite of its seemingly marginalized—and solitary—status.
 
Language
English
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Release
October 15, 2008
ISBN
0708321305
ISBN 13
9780708321300

Rhetoric of the Anchorhold: Space, Place and Body Within Discourses of Enclosure

Liz Herbert McAvoy
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This volume of essays focuses on religious reclusion in England—commonly referred to as anchoritic enclosure—which reached the height of its popularity, particularly for women, in the later Middle Ages. Examining this extraordinary phenomenon of voluntary, permanent solitary enclosure in a cell attached to a church from a number of different perspectives, Rhetoric of the Anchorhold demonstrates how the rhetoric of this form of enclosure became a key part of religious discourse. Exploring how the anchorhold’s associations traveled into lay culture, this volume argues for the centrality of anchoritic spirituality to the religious climate of the Middle Ages in spite of its seemingly marginalized—and solitary—status.
 
Language
English
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Release
October 15, 2008
ISBN
0708321305
ISBN 13
9780708321300

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