Rhetoric of the Anchorhold: Space, Place and Body Within the Disclosures of Enclosures of Eric

This volume of essays focuses on religious reclusion in England--commonly referred to as anchoritic enclosure--which reached the height of its popularity, particularly for women, in the later Middle Ages. Examining this extraordinary phenomenon of voluntary, permanent solitary enclosure in a cell attached to a church from a number of different perspectives, Rhetoric of the Anchorhold demonstrates how the rhetoric of this form of enclosure became...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708321305
• ISBN13: 9780708321300
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"