This week, Danièle talks about anchorites, men and women who enclosed themselves for life to contemplate their religious beliefs. She also explores some of the work of Julian of Norwich, perhaps the most famous anchorite of the Middle Ages.
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Top Image: Depiction of a bishop blessing an anchoress found in the manuscript, MS 079: Pontifical, held at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and dated to the early fifteenth century.
This week, Danièle talks about anchorites, men and women who enclosed themselves for life to contemplate their religious beliefs. She also explores some of the work of Julian of Norwich, perhaps the most famous anchorite of the Middle Ages.
You can read The Shewings of Julian of Norwich from TEAMS: Middle English Texts Series
You can listen to Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich: The Quiet Voice of Contemplation
Julian of Norwich: Mystic, Theologian and Anchoress
To one shut in from one shut out: Anchoritic rules in England from the eleventh to the fourteenth century
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Top Image: Depiction of a bishop blessing an anchoress found in the manuscript, MS 079: Pontifical, held at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and dated to the early fifteenth century.
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