Description
About the Author
LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY FLSW is Professor Emerita of Medieval Literature at Swansea University and Honorary Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol.
Reviews
Liz Herbert McAvoy is to be congratulated for her work over the past decade in helping to bring so many hermits out of their seclusion, and for presenting them to a much wider public than that to which they had long become accustomed. * THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
Medieval Anchoritisms [...] draw together the recurrent concerns and approaches that have characterized McAvoy's work to date and applies them to a wide range of texts. The book is [...] always stimulating and has a singleness of purpose that is compelling. * THE CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *
Medieval Anchoritisms provides an enlightening look into the mechanisms at work behind medieval anchoritic lifestyles and the discourses that shaped it. McAvoy thoroughly investigates tensions that existed between medieval and late antique conceptions of masculinity and enclosure that shaped monasticism and anchoritism. * HORTULUS *
McAvoy's work [...] is substantial and well-researched, and should be of real interest to its intended audience. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *
Book Information
ISBN 9781843842774
Author Liz Herbert McAvoy
Format Hardback
Page Count 211
Imprint D.S. Brewer
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g