Mulder-Bakker, Anneke B. <br/><br/>
Lives of the Anchoresses :  The Rise of the Urban Recluse in Medieval Europe. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (310 pages) 
 - The Middle Ages Series .
 - The Middle Ages Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- 1. Bees without a King -- 2. The Mother of Guibert of Nogent: The Age of Discretion -- 3. Yvette of Huy: The Metamorphoses of a Woman -- 4. Juliana of Cornillon, Church Reform, and the Corpus Christi Feast -- 5. Eve of St. Martin, the Faithful of Liège, and the Church -- 6. Lame Margaret of Magdeburg and her Lessons -- 7. Living Saints -- 8. Epilogue -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. 
<br/><br/> In cities and towns across northern Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a new type of religious woman took up authoritative though solitary positions in medieval society. Mulder-Bakker offers a new history of these women and their roles as counselors, theological innovators, and public recluses. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812202861 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Eremitic life-Europe.<br/>Monastic and religious life of women-History-Middle Ages, 600-1500.<br/>Cities and towns-Religious aspects-Christianity-History-To 1500.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX4205 -- .M85 2005eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>271/.90204