Hermits and Recluses in English Society, 950-1200

Zusatztext clear, insightful, and elegant Informationen zum Autor Tom Licence took his degrees at Magdalene College, Cambridge, before remaining there as a Research Fellow. He is now a lecturer in medieval history at the University of East Anglia, specializing in Ecclesiastical History. Klappentext Tom Licence discovers why medieval society invested so much in hermits and recluses, and examines how they gained their saintly reputation. Zusammenfassung Tom Licence discovers why medieval society invested so much in hermits and recluses, and examines how they gained their saintly reputation.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Licence, Tom (Lecturer in Medieval History Licence, Licence Tom
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.02.2013
• EAN: 9780199674091
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967409-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, History of Religion, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval