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Goscelin of St Bertin: The Book of Encouragement and Consolation [Liber Confortatorius] (Library of Medieval Women)

Monika Otter

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Description:Late eleventh-century spiritual counsel for a woman recluse, anticipating medieval advice literature for anchoresses.Goscelin's Liber Confortatorius is extraordinary both as an example of high-medieval spiritual practice and as a record of a personal relationship. Written in about 1083 by the monk Goscelin to a protegee and personal friend, the recluse Eva, it takes up the tradition of St Jerome's letters of spiritual guidance to women, and anticipates medieval advice literature for anchoresses. As a compendious treatise, it has much to tell us about the intellectual interests and preoccupations of religious people in the late eleventh century. As a personal document, it allows a fascinating and uncommonly intimate insight into the psychology of religious life and the relationships betweenmen and women in the high middle ages. This English translation is presented here with notes and introduction.Monika Otter is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Goscelin of St Bertin: The Book of Encouragement and Consolation [Liber Confortatorius] (Library of Medieval Women). To get started finding Goscelin of St Bertin: The Book of Encouragement and Consolation [Liber Confortatorius] (Library of Medieval Women), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Late eleventh-century spiritual counsel for a woman recluse, anticipating medieval advice literature for anchoresses.Goscelin's Liber Confortatorius is extraordinary both as an example of high-medieval spiritual practice and as a record of a personal relationship. Written in about 1083 by the monk Goscelin to a protegee and personal friend, the recluse Eva, it takes up the tradition of St Jerome's letters of spiritual guidance to women, and anticipates medieval advice literature for anchoresses. As a compendious treatise, it has much to tell us about the intellectual interests and preoccupations of religious people in the late eleventh century. As a personal document, it allows a fascinating and uncommonly intimate insight into the psychology of religious life and the relationships betweenmen and women in the high middle ages. This English translation is presented here with notes and introduction.Monika Otter is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Goscelin of St Bertin: The Book of Encouragement and Consolation [Liber Confortatorius] (Library of Medieval Women). To get started finding Goscelin of St Bertin: The Book of Encouragement and Consolation [Liber Confortatorius] (Library of Medieval Women), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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