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Speculum Inclusorum / A Mirror for Recluses - A Late-Medieval Guide for Anchorites and its Middle English Translation (Hardcover)
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Speculum Inclusorum / A Mirror for Recluses - A Late-Medieval Guide for Anchorites and its Middle English Translation (Hardcover)
Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies
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Interest in the anchoritic life in Europe, and medieval England in
particular, has never been greater. And yet almost all the recent
discussion tends to concentrate on the same texts - De Institutione
inclusarum and Ancrene Wisse. Considerations of gender and
anchoritism have been limited by the assumption that the reclusive
life was 'a feminine phenomenon' pursued almost exclusively by
women. This critical edition of a late-medieval English 'rule' for
male anchorites will be a timely intervention in - and stimulus to
- an already exciting field. The Speculum Inclusorum is an early
15th-century Latin rule or guide. It is notable particularly for
the careful attention it gives to discernment and the probation of
the prospective anchorite's vocation; for its frank discussion of
the temptations and dangers of the reclusive life, including sexual
sins; its deep consideration of the anchorite's spiritual life of
prayer, meditation and reading; its anticipation of the joys of
contemplation that await him; and the ecstatic quality of some of
its writing. The Speculum is a work of considerable interest in its
own right. Within a decade or two of its original composition it
was translated into English in order to adapt it for a readership
of female anchorites. This book will give the first opportunity to
compare Latin and English versions of the rule, the one intended
for male and the other for female anchorites. It is the first
edition since 1913 of this fascinating and important text but the
first English-language edition and the first complete English
translation to be published. It will be an important contribution
to the ongoing debates about spirituality and religious
institutions in the post-Wycliffe, post-Arundel church.
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