LEADER 04412nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910462641703321 005 20211217004622.0 010 $a0-8122-0286-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812202861 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418332 035 $a(OCoLC)607587487 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748758 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001053299 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11557917 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001053299 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11114268 035 $a(PQKB)10493132 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442216 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29214 035 $a(DE-B1597)449145 035 $a(OCoLC)1013956386 035 $a(OCoLC)1037911952 035 $a(OCoLC)1041991369 035 $a(OCoLC)1045533845 035 $a(OCoLC)979740704 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812202861 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442216 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748758 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682371 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418332 100 $a20040804d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLives of the anchoresses$b[electronic resource] $ethe rise of the urban recluse in medieval Europe /$fAnneke B. Mulder-Bakker ; translated by Myra Heerspink Scholz 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 225 0 $aThe Middle Ages series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-51089-X 311 0 $a0-8122-3852-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-289) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$t1. Bees Without a King --$t2. The Mother of Guibert of Nogent: The Age of Discretion --$t3. Yvette of Huy: The Metamorphoses of a Woman --$t4. Juliana of Cornillon, Church Reform, and the Corpus Christi Feast --$t5. Eve of St. Martin, the Faithful of Liege, and the Church --$t6. Lame Margaret of Magdeburg and Her Lessons --$t7. Living Saints --$t8. Epilogue --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aEremitic life$zEurope 606 $aMonastic and religious life of women$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 606 $aCities and towns$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory$yTo 1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEremitic life 615 0$aMonastic and religious life of women$xHistory 615 0$aCities and towns$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory 676 $a271/.90204 700 $aMulder-Bakker$b Anneke B$0948727 701 $aScholz$b Myra Heerspink$01036985 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462641703321 996 $aLives of the anchoresses$92457642 997 $aUNINA