Translation of the Middle English manual 'Ancrene Riwle' ('Rule for Anchoresses'), which was composed between 1225 and 1240 for the spiritual instruction of women. This edition contains an introduction by Dom Gerard Sitwell and a preface by J.R.R. Tolkien.
| ISBN: | 9780859893411 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1990 |
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| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 196 pages |
| Series: | Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies |
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Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |