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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Anchorite"”.
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The misericords of Beverley Minister : a corpus of folkloric imagery and its cultural milieu, with special reference to the influence of Northern European iconography on Late Medieval and Early Modern English woodwork
… town 's patron saint John (portrayed as a 'hairy anchorite') and a York & London printer known to have printed in Beverley, Hugo Goes (whose unique woodblock-printed wallpaper is also discussed). Goes's Flemish origin leads to a consideration of the presence of other alien artists and craftsmen …
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‘Spered in an hous aloone’: Enduring Spiritual Enclosure in the Middle Ages
… for and by medieval cell-dwellers – particularly anchorites and Carthusians – to explore three broad areas of research. Firstly, it picks apart the exemplary reputation of the eremitic life in both medieval literature and subsequent scholarship. By emphasising the intensity of the cell-bound life …
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All shall be well: Julian and Bartholomew
… for such was the role of an anchoress, or anchorite, of that period. It has recently been suggested that role to be similar to contemporary counselling, even that of psychotherapy.Implicit in this thesis is the conclusion that suffering engenders compassion, the feeling that one suffers …