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Record Number: 9509 Author(s)/Creator(s): McAvoy , Liz Herbert. Contributor(s): Title: Ant Nes He Him Seolf Reclus i Maries Wombe?: Julian of Norwich, the Anchorhold, and Redemption of the Monstrous Female Body [The author explores the themes of suffering and enclosure as characteristically feminine phenomena which gave anchoresses access to the divine. Title note supplied by Feminae.]. Source: Consuming Narrative: Gender and Monstrous Appetite in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.  Edited by Liz Herbert McAvoy and Teresa Walters.  University of Wales Press, 2002.  Pages 128 - 143. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Anchoresses Ancrene Wisse, Middle English Devotional Work Body Julian of Norwich, Mystic Monastic Enclosure Mystics Pain and Suffering Women in Religion Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 13- 14- 15 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Wales, Aberystwyth Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2002. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: Not Available

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