the rise of the urban recluse in medieval Europe
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Mulder-Bakker, Anneke B.
- Creator
- Scholz, Myra Heerspink > (vert.)
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- WER 8 2005
- Thesaurus
- religieuzen, steden, christendom, historisch, middeleeuwen
- Description
- The author offers the history of a new type of religious women in the 12th and 13th century, so called anchoresses, who took up authoritative positions in society, living as public recluses in cells attached to the sides of churches.