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Ancrene Wisse: Guide for Anchoresses (Penguin Classics)
Ancrene Wisse Guide for Anchoresses - Penguin Classics
An anchoress was a woman who dedicated herself to God by spending her life in a tiny cell attached to a church. A small window and a handmaid provided her only contact with the world. Often when an anchoress died, her cell was filled with dirt and became her tomb. — This anonymous guide was written for three anchoresses in western England in the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140445855
ISBN-10: 0140445854
Publication Date: 3/1/1994
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Penguin USA (P)
Book Type: Paperback
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