The originality of Linda Georgianna’s The Solitary, Self is that it takes the Ancrene Wisse seriously as a highly integrated unity. The traditional view of this early thirteenth-century work is that ...

8 May is the traditional day to remember Mother Julian of Norwich. She is important because her book remains a classic of Christian spirituality and is the first book in English known to have been ...

St. James Church in the village of Shere, in Surrey, England. The outline of the cell (with a small window) where the anchoress Christine Carpenter lived is visible below the left church window.

The cover of “Canticle” depicts a woman in a vibrant red, hooded cloak swirling away from the reader. It hints at what’s inside: a mystical story that immerses us in an earlier century, in the vein of ...

To get the most out of her, you’ll need to complete her companion quests. Doing so will help her let go of her past and discover a new path. When it comes to eliminating dangerous research, Marisol is ...

Caitriona Dowden’s sophomore Fringe offering is a marginally lower-concept prospect than last year’s debut, in which she used her encyclopaedic knowledge of medieval religion to try to secure herself ...

The Revd Dr Karen E. Smith was surprised with the presentation of a new volume published in her honour at this year’s Baptist Historical Society Summer Conference Remembered Sisters: Essays in Honour ...

In this time of instant gratification, it’s nearly impossible to grasp the concept of an anchoress. During the Middle Ages, an anchoress (a female anchorite) would be confined in a cell adjacent to an ...