Anchorites, Wombs, and Tombs: Intersections of Gender and Enclosure in the Middle Ages

Liz Herbert McAvoy, Mari Hughes-Edwards, "Anchorites, Wombs, and Tombs: Intersections of Gender and Enclosure in the Middle Ages (Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages)"
University of Wales Press | 2005-07-27 | ISBN: 0708318630 | 226 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB

The phenomenon of anchoritic enclosure in the Middle Ages, both as a material practice and as a malleable discourse, is discussed in this essay collection. Dealing not only within the context of individual withdrawal into the anchorhold itself, these essays also examine the wider effect enclosure had upon other established communities and the laity. Theories and practices of enclosure and the physical and metaphorical implications enclosure presented for its adherents and their contemporaries are addressed. The role played by gender in the various and shifting manifestations of enclosure, which lasted throughout the Middle Ages, is also examined.

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