Book of Donmon Teith

Medieval anchorites willingly embraced the most extreme form of solitude known to the medieval world, so they might forge a closer connection with God. Yet to b

This interdisciplinary study of medieval English anchoritism from 1080-1450, explodes the myth of the anchorhold as solitary death-cell, reveals it instead as t

Anchoritism in the Middle Ages explores the relationships between anchoritism (the life of a solitary religious recluse) and other forms of solitude and sanctit

An examination of the growth and different varieties of anchoritism throughout medieval Europe.

Essays challenging the orthodox opinion of anchorites as entirely divorced from the world around them.