04412nam 2200721Ia 450 991046264170332120211217004622.00-8122-0286-410.9783/9780812202861(CKB)2670000000418332(OCoLC)607587487(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748758(SSID)ssj0001053299(PQKBManifestationID)11557917(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001053299(PQKBWorkID)11114268(PQKB)10493132(MiAaPQ)EBC3442216(MdBmJHUP)muse29214(DE-B1597)449145(OCoLC)1013956386(OCoLC)1037911952(OCoLC)1041991369(OCoLC)1045533845(OCoLC)979740704(DE-B1597)9780812202861(Au-PeEL)EBL3442216(CaPaEBR)ebr10748758(CaONFJC)MIL682371(EXLCZ)99267000000041833220040804d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLives of the anchoresses[electronic resource] the rise of the urban recluse in medieval Europe /Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker ; translated by Myra Heerspink ScholzPhiladelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20051 online resource (309 p.)The Middle Ages seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-51089-X 0-8122-3852-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-289) and index.Front matter --Contents --1. Bees Without a King --2. The Mother of Guibert of Nogent: The Age of Discretion --3. Yvette of Huy: The Metamorphoses of a Woman --4. Juliana of Cornillon, Church Reform, and the Corpus Christi Feast --5. Eve of St. Martin, the Faithful of Liege, and the Church --6. Lame Margaret of Magdeburg and Her Lessons --7. Living Saints --8. Epilogue --Abbreviations --Notes --Bibliography --Index --AcknowledgmentsIn cities and towns across northern Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a new type of religious woman took up authoritative positions in society, all the while living as public recluses in cells attached to the sides of churches. In Lives of the Anchoresses, Anneke Mulder-Bakker offers a new history of these women who chose to forsake the world but did not avoid it.Unlike nuns, anchoresses maintained their ties to society and belonged to no formal religious order. From their solitary anchorholds in very public places, they acted as teachers and counselors and, in some cases, theological innovators for parishioners who would speak to them from the street, through small openings in the walls of their cells. Available at all hours, the anchoresses were ready to care for the community's faithful whenever needed.Through careful biographical studies of five emblematic anchoresses, Mulder-Bakker reveals the details of these influential religious women. The life of the unnamed anchoress who was mother to Guibert of Nogent shows the anchoress's role as a spiritual guide in an oral culture. A study of Yvette of Huy shows the myriad possibilities open to one woman who eventually chose the life of an anchoress. The accounts of Juliana of Cornillon and Eve of St. Martin raise questions about the participation of religious women in theological discussions and their contributions to church liturgy. And the biographical study of Margaret the Lame of Magdeburg explores the anchoress's role as day-to-day religious instructor to the ordinary faithful.Eremitic lifeEuropeMonastic and religious life of womenHistoryMiddle Ages, 600-1500Cities and townsReligious aspectsChristianityHistoryTo 1500Electronic books.Eremitic lifeMonastic and religious life of womenHistoryCities and townsReligious aspectsChristianityHistory271/.90204Mulder-Bakker Anneke B948727Scholz Myra Heerspink1036985MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462641703321Lives of the anchoresses2457642UNINA