Ancrene Wisse and vernacular spirit : from pastoral literature to vernacular spirituality / / Cate Gunn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910563076503321
• Autore: Gunn Cate
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2007; [Cardiff, Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2008; ©2008
• ISBN: 9780708320341
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages
• Disciplina: 255.901
• Soggetti: Devotional literature, English (Middle) - History and criticism; English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism; Nuns - Religious life; Nuns - Books and reading - England - History - To 1500; Women - Religious aspects - Christianity; English; Languages & Literatures; English Literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction --Part I. The religious context --1. The Fourth Lateran Council --2. Eucharist theology --3. The female religious movement: anchorites and beguines --4. Anchorite spirituality --5. Lay piety --Part II. Pastoralia and vernacular pastoral literature --6. Pastoralia --7. The rhetoric of preaching --8. Beguine sermons --9. Pastoral literature --Part III. Ancrene Wisse: text and context --10. The rhetoric of Ancrene Wisse; i. Structure; ii. Exempla and similitudines --11. Ancrene Wisse: asceticism and contemplation --12. Reading Ancrene Wisse as vernacular spirituality --Conclusion --Bibliography --Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Provides an introduction to "Ancrene Wisse", one of the most important works in English of the thirteenth century. This book offers a fresh contextualisation which engages with the history of lay piety and vernacular spirituality in the Middle Ages. This book is innovative in ; that it provides an introduction to "Ancrene Wisse", one of the most important works in English of the thirteenth century. It offers a new contextualisation which engages with the history of lay piety and vernacular spirituality in the Middle Ages, thus extending analysis of the book beyond its original purpose as a guide for anchoresses. The placing of "Ancrene Wisse" within this context also allows comparisons to be made with other literature for semi-regular women, such as sermons preached to beguines - semi-religious women who formed communities in the Low Countries and France in the High Middle Ages.