Anchoritic Spirituality: Ancrene Wisse and Associated Works (Classics of Western Spirituality)

Sometime in the first quarter of the thirteenth century a number of works were written for anchoresses, women who lived as religious recluses in cells adjoining churches. The most influential is Ancrene Wisse (A Guide for Anchoresses), which discusses in great detail the daily life of the anchoress, both outer and inner. This work gives a detailed sense of a powerful and multi-faceted spirituality different from that of other mystics.Anchoritic Spirituality: Ancrene Wisse and Associated Works (Classics of Western Spirituality), First Printing was published 1991 under ISBN 9780809132577 and ISBN 0809132575.