‘Idleness breeds disgust for the cell’: circumscribing sloth, acedia and health in anchoritic literature
In medieval England, devout individuals—women in particular—self-isolated professionally, living confined to little rooms attached to parish churches. Although discomfort constituted the heart of this vocation, guides written for these anchorites also envisage enclosure as bringing risks to physical...
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Department of Language Studies, Umeå University
2022
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