Anchorites, wombs and tombs: intersections of gender and enclosure in the middle ages
Auteur :
McAvoy, Liz Herbert / Hughes-Edwards, Mari
Éditeur :
University of Wales Press
ISBN :
9780708322000
Date de publication :
1 mai 2009
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
386 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Ranging from studies of the influence of desert eremiticism upon a variety of expressions of religious enclosure in England to the sexualized spirituality of the high Middle Ages, this book contains essays that demonstrate how discourses of anchoritic enclosure were utilized to different ends at different periods throughout the Middle Ages.