LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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To serve the church
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To withdraw and meditate upon God
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To pray
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To preach
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Detailed explanation-1: -In order to become an anchoress, a woman would have to apply to her local bishop and she would have to provide evidence that she had the financial means to support herself while she was enclosed.
Detailed explanation-2: -4r. Anchorites were ascetic monks who lived in alone or in small groups in enclosures attached to churches, never emerging. Anchoresses were women who sealed themselves away, their funerals being celebrated upon their enclosure, signifying their death to the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Christianity, an anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress) is someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, or Eucharist-focused life.
Detailed explanation-4: -Anchorites: The Earliest Form Of Monasticism Anchorites and anchoresses were men or women who chose to withdraw from the secular world to live an ascetic life, dedicated to prayer and the Eucharist. They lived as hermits, and vowed to stay in one place, often living in a cell attached to a church.