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Release : 1963
Genre : Hermits
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Download or read book Christine Carpenter, the Anchoress of Shere written by . This book was released on 1963. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Moorcraft
Release : 2012-09
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 519/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Anchoress of Shere by : Paul Moorcraft
Download or read book Anchoress of Shere written by Paul Moorcraft. This book was released on 2012-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1329, a beautiful Surrey woman is walled up alive in a village church. The Anchoress' story is taken up late in this century by a deranged Catholic priest. Gradually, two separate sagas unfold: the world of the Middle Ages centered on the woman's entombment, and the 1967 abduction of a young woman.
Author : Paul L. Moorcraft
Release : 2012-09-30
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 942/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Anchoress of Shere by : Paul L. Moorcraft
Download or read book Anchoress of Shere written by Paul L. Moorcraft. This book was released on 2012-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This engrossing, subtle historical centers on a spiritual quest into Christian mysticism and smoothly alternates between past and present."—Publishers Weekly STARRED review Set in two different centuries, Anchoress of Shere depicts the story of a beautiful young woman, Christine Carpenter, who chooses to be walled up alive in a church in the English town of Shere. The historical records, which still exist, put the date at 1329. The 20th century chronicler of her story is Father Michael Duval, a deranged Catholic priest. Gradually, two separate sagas unfold: the bizarre world of the Middle Ages centered on Christine's entombment, and the 1967 abduction of Marda Stewart in nearby Guildford. Soon the medieval world of knights, debauchery, peasant uprisings and civil war merges into a modern hunt for a serial killer. The final piece of the puzzle is discovered in the late 1990s, revealing a gripping adventure story of love so obsessive that it spans more than six hundred years.
Author : Rosemary Horrox
Release : 2001-11-29
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 627/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Pragmatic Utopias by : Rosemary Horrox
Download or read book Pragmatic Utopias written by Rosemary Horrox. This book was released on 2001-11-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays was presented to Barrie Dobson in celebration of his 70th birthday. It will be welcomed by all scholars of pre-modern religion and society. Spanning the artificial divide between medieval and early modern, the contributors - all acknowledged experts in their field - pursue the ways in which men and women tried to put their ideals into practice, sometimes alone, but more commonly in the shared environment of cloister, college or city. The range of topics is testimony to the breadth of Barrie Dobson's own interests, but even more striking are the continuities and shared assumptions across time, and between the dissident and the impeccably orthodox. Taking the reader from a rural anchor-hold to the London of Thomas More, and from the greenwood of Robin Hood to the central law courts, this collection builds into a richly satisfying exploration of the search for perfection in an imperfect world.
Author : Susannah M Chewning
Release : 2009-03-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 631/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Milieu and Context of the Wooing Group by : Susannah M Chewning
Download or read book The Milieu and Context of the Wooing Group written by Susannah M Chewning. This book was released on 2009-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together the most current interpretations of the Wooing Group from scholars currently working on the fields of medieval spirituality, gender, and the anchoritic tradition, providing literary, theological, linguistic, and cultural context for the works associated with the Wooing Group (a collection of texts in English written by an unknown author in the late twelfth to early thirteenth centuries). These works are unique in their context – written almost certainly for a group of women living as anchoresses and recluses who were literate in English and were interested in guidance both in spiritual and worldly issues. The book discusses and explains the impact and significance of these works and situates them within the continuum of medieval theological and literary culture.
