LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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a medieval female hermit
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a woman who rejects the support of the community because she feels it is sexist
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a male anchorite
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a religious teacher in the medieval era
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was an anchoress? An anchoress was a woman who was walled into a cell to live a life of prayer and contemplation. (The male equivalent was an ‘anchorite’.) Anchoresses were enclosed in their cells and had no way to get out.
Detailed explanation-2: -While anchorites are frequently considered to be a type of hermit, unlike hermits they were required to take a vow of stability of place, opting for permanent enclosure in cells often attached to churches.
Detailed explanation-3: -For some people, life in a monastery or nunnery did not bring them close enough to God. These people became hermits, living alone, often in wild or deserted places, in a cave or hut they had built.
Detailed explanation-4: -anchorhold (plural anchorholds) The residence of an anchorite or anchoress. quotations ▼ The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.