Anchorites, Wombs, and Tombs: Intersections of Gender and Enclosure in the Middle Ages by Liz Herbert McAvoy, Liz Herbert McAvoy

Anchorites, Wombs, and Tombs: Intersections of Gender and Enclosure in the Middle Ages

Religion & Culture in the Middle Ages

Liz Herbert McAvoy, Liz Herbert McAvoy

226 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

nonfiction history reference religion informative medium-paced
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Until recently, the figure of the medieval anchorite and the underlying ideological concepts that framed her day-to-day existence have escaped detailed examination, despite the anchorite’s importance to the study of medieval culture. This collecti...

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