Böcker av Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker

An examination of the growth and different varieties of anchoritism throughout medieval Europe.

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.