Anchoritic Spirituality

Anchoritic Spirituality

Author: Anne Savage

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780809132577

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Sometime in the first quarter of the 13th century a number of works were written for anchoresses, women who lived as religious recluses in cells adjoining churches. The most influential is Ancrene Wisse (A Guide for Anchoresses), which discusses in great detail the daily life of the anchoress, both outer and inner. This work gives a detailed sense of a powerful and multi-faceted spirituality different from that of other mystics.