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Record Number:
9112
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Millett , Bella.
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Title:
The Genre of "Ancrene Wisse" [The author traces the sources that influenced the "Ancrene Wisse," beginning with Augustine's "libellus" of practical and spiritual advice through the near-contemporary Domincan adaptations of the Premonstratensian customary. Millett also signals the influence of the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 which would have made the "Ancrene Wisse" author more leery of encouraging new religious orders as well as taking on the pastoral care of religious women. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
A Companion to "Ancrene Wisse." Edited by Yoko Wada. D. S. Brewer, 2003. Pages 29 - 44.
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Article Type:
Essay
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Anchoresses
Ancrene Wisse, Middle English Devotional Work
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Monasticism
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Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
13
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The second essay in the collection, "The Genre of Ancrene Wisse," is yet another of Bella Millett's contributions to the field of anchoritic studies that clarify hitherto murky areas of research and offer new perspectives for future work.[[1]] Here, Mille
Author's Affiliation:
University of Southampton
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2003.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0859917622