Hermits and Recluses in English Society, 950-1200

by Tom Licence

Book Overview

In the central Middle Ages, English society lavished unprecedented attention on a category of would-be outcasts who repudiated its ambitions and spurned its aspirations. Hermits and recluses (collectively 'anchorites') had their own, very different vision of how life should be lived, and yet nobles retained them on their estates, parishioners did their bit to support their local recluses, and every tier of society from the peasantry up to royalty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199592365
• ISBN13: 9780199592364
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"