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Goscelin of St Bertin: The Book of Encouragement and Consolation [Liber Confortatorius] (Paperback)
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Goscelin of St Bertin: The Book of Encouragement and Consolation [Liber Confortatorius] (Paperback)
Series: Library of Medieval Women
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Late eleventh-century spiritual counsel for a woman recluse,
anticipating medieval advice literature for anchoresses. Goscelin's
Liber Confortatorius is extraordinary both as an example of
high-medieval spiritual practice and as a record of a personal
relationship. Written in about 1083 by the monk Goscelin to a
protegee and personal friend, the recluse Eva, it takes up the
tradition of St Jerome's letters of spiritual guidance to women,
and anticipates medieval advice literature for anchoresses. As a
compendious treatise, it has much to tell us about the intellectual
interests and preoccupations of religious people in the late
eleventh century. As a personal document, it allows a fascinating
and uncommonly intimate insight into the psychology of religious
life and the relationships betweenmen and women in the high middle
ages. This English translation is presented here with notes and
introduction. Monika Otter is Associate Professor of English and
Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College.
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