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Record Number: 3114 Author(s)/Creator(s): Zimmermann , Margarete. Contributor(s): Title: Sharpen Your Mind with the Whetstone of Books: The Female Recluse as Reader in Goscelin's "Liber Confortatorius," Aelred of Rievaulx's "De Institutione Inclusarum," and the "Ancrene Wisse" Source: Women, the Book and the Godly: Selected Proceedings of the St. Hilda's Conference, 1993. Volume 1 [Volume 2: Women, the Book and the Worldly].  Edited by Lesley Smith and Jane H. M. Taylor.  D.S. Brewer, 1995.  Pages 113 - 122. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Ælred, Abbot of Rievaulx, Saint- De Institutione Inclusarum Anchoresses Ancrene Wisse, Middle English Devotional Work Goscelin of Saint- Bertin (also of Canterbury), Hagiographer- Liber Confortatorius Handbooks Readers Recluses Religious Life Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 11-12 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1995. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0859914208

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