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Ancrene Wisse / Guide for Anchoresses
Bella Millett
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Description for Ancrene Wisse / Guide for Anchoresses
Paperback. An early thirteenth-century West Midlands guide for women recluses. It reflects the 'democratization' of religious experience which was one of the outcomes of the 'Medieval Reformation'. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; 3H; DS; HBLC; HRCS; HRCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
This early thirteenth-century West Midlands guide for women recluses is not only one of the major works of early Middle English prose, but is also a key document for the development of medieval spirituality. It reflects the 'democratization' of religious experience which was one of the outcomes of the 'Medieval Reformation'. Drawing on new kinds of pastoral literature designed to appeal to a more general audience, the insight, wit and charm of 'Ancrene Wisse' led to its adaptation for other readers, both religious and lay, and it continued in use until the end of the Middle Ages. This annotated translation, ... Read more
This early thirteenth-century West Midlands guide for women recluses is not only one of the major works of early Middle English prose, but is also a key document for the development of medieval spirituality. It reflects the 'democratization' of religious experience which was one of the outcomes of the 'Medieval Reformation'. Drawing on new kinds of pastoral literature designed to appeal to a more general audience, the insight, wit and charm of 'Ancrene Wisse' led to its adaptation for other readers, both religious and lay, and it continued in use until the end of the Middle Ages. This annotated translation, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859897761
SKU
V9780859897761
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About Bella Millett
Bella Millett is a Professor of English at the University of Southampton. The main focus of her research has been on a group of West Midlands prose works, and she has edited Hali Meithhad (1982), co-edited Medieval English Prose for Women: Selections from the Katherine Group and Ancrene Wisse (1990) with Jocelyn Wogan-Browne and has jointly produced an annotated bibliography, ... Read more
Reviews for Ancrene Wisse / Guide for Anchoresses
It is a text that all students of English Literature should read but which few could in its original language, making a good modern translation an essential to the work’s modern dissemination. Bella Millett’s new translation is extremely valuable for this reason alone, but it is an additional boon in being the fruit of many years’ research on the original ... Read more