 | Lives of the Anchoresses: The Rise of the Urban Recluse in Medieval Europe Subjects: Eremitic life -- Europe; Monastic and religious life of women -- History -- Middle Ages 600–1500; Cities and towns -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- To 1500; In cities and towns across northern Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a new type of religious woman took up authoritative though solitary positions in medieval society. Mulder-Bakker offers a new history of these women and their roles as counselors, theological innovators, and public recluses. Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker is a senior lecturer in history and medieval studies at the University of Groningen. She is the author many books in Dutch, including Seeing and Knowing: Women and Learning in Medieval Europe, 1200-1550 and is editor of The Invention of Saintliness and Sanctity and Motherhood: Essays on Holy Mothers in the Middle Ages. |
