Goscelin of St Bertin: The Book of Encouragement and Consolation [Liber Confortatorius]

By: Otter, Monika

Late eleventh-century spiritual counsel for a woman recluse, anticipating medieval advice literature for anchoresses.

Goscelin's Liber Confortatorius is extraordinary both as an example of high-medieval spiritual practice and as a record of a personal relationship. Written in about 1083 by the monk Goscelin to a protegee and personal friend, the recluse Eva, it takes up the tradition of St Jerome's letters of spiritual guidance to women, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843842947
• ISBN13: 9781843842941
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"