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Record Number: 8201 Author(s)/Creator(s): Wogan-Browne , Jocelyn. Contributor(s): Title: Chaste Bodies: Frames and Experiences [The author explores the "Ancrene Wisse," arguing that it embodies an ideology of containment for women in its emphasis on the enclosed, chaste body. At the same time there are slips since the manuscript shows glimpses of a textual community and even of anchoresses living together. Title note supplied by Feminae.]. Source: Framing Medieval Bodies.  Edited by Sarah Kay and Miri Rubin.  Manchester University Press, 1994.  Pages 24 - 42. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Ancrene Wisse, Middle English Devotional Work Anchoresses Body Chastity Monastic Enclosure Readers Virginity Women in Religion Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 13 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Liverpool Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1994. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0719036151

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