Medieval anchoritisms : gender, space and the solitary life /
Originating in the deserts of northern Africa in the early years of Christianity, anchoritism, or the enclosed solitary life, gradually metamorphosed into a permanent characteristic of European religiosity; from the twelfth century onwards, and throughout the middle ages, it was embraced with increa...
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| Language: | English Latin |
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Suffolk :
Boydell & Brewer,
2011.
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