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Anchoritism in the Middle Ages explores the relationships between anchoritism (the life of a solitary religious recluse) and other forms of solitude and sanctity, addressing the different ways in which anchoritism can be interpreted, the relationships between anchoritism and other forms of medieval devotion, and the evolving audience for vernacular guidance literature.

Christian dogmatics --- Christian church history --- anno 500-1499 --- 271.791 --- 271.791 Anachoreten. Stylieten. Kluizenaars. Eremieten. Reclusen --- Anachoreten. Stylieten. Kluizenaars. Eremieten. Reclusen --- Hermits --- Women hermits --- History

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Samuel Fanous and Henrietta Leyser present a vivid interdisciplinary study devoted to the life, work and extant vita of Christina of Markyate, which draws on research from a wide range of disciplines. This fascinating and comprehensive collection surveys the life of an extraordinary medieval woman. Christina of Markyate made a vow of chastity at an early age, against the wishes of her parents who intended her to marry. When forced into wedlock, she fled in disguise and went into hiding, receiving refuge in a network of hermitages. Christina became a religious recluse and eve

Christian women saints --- Women --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Femmes --- Biography. --- History --- Sources. --- Biographies --- Histoire --- Sources --- Christina, --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Christina of Markyate --- -27 <41> "11" --- 271.791 --- Christian saints, Women --- Women Christian saints --- Women saints --- -Kerkgeschiedenis--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--?"10/11" --- Anachoreten. Stylieten. Kluizenaars. Eremieten. Reclusen --- Theodora, --- 271.791 Anachoreten. Stylieten. Kluizenaars. Eremieten. Reclusen --- 27 <41> "11" --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Christian saints --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--?"10/11" --- England --- Biography --- Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- Christian women saints - England - Biography. --- Women - England - History - Middle Ages, 500-1500 - Sources. --- Christina (al. Theodora) monialis prope monasterium sancti Albani in Anglia --- Christina, - of Markyate, Saint, - b. ca. 1096.