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Lives of the Anchoresses: The Rise of the Urban Recluse in Medieval Europe - The Middle Ages Series Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker
Lives of the Anchoresses: The Rise of the Urban Recluse in Medieval Europe - The Middle Ages Series
Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker
In cities and towns across northern Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a new type of religious woman took up authoritative though solitary positions in medieval society. Mulder-Bakker offers a new history of these women and their roles as counselors, theological innovators, and public recluses.
310 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 10, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812238525 |
| Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 237 × 26 mm · 607 g |
| Translator | Scholz, Myra Heerspink |