Ancrene Wisse

by Robert Hasenfratz

Overview

Ancrene Wisse or the Anchoresses Guide (Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 402), written sometime roughly between 1225 and 1240, represents a revision of an earlier work, usually called the Ancrene Riwle or Anchorites' Rule, a book of religious instruction for three lay women of noble birth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580440707
Publisher:	Medieval Institute Publications
Publication date:	03/01/2001
Series:	TEAMS Middle English Texts Series
Pages:	912
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Robert Hasenfratz is Professor of English at the University of Connecticut. He is editor of Mystics Quarterly, soon to become The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures; co-author with Thomas Jambeck of Reading Old English (2005); and producer of Lingua Latina, aka WinLatin, a Latin drill program for Windows XP.