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Medieval anchorites embraced the most extreme and punishing form of solitude known to the medieval world enclosure in the same four walls for life in order to forge a closer connection with God. As a way of understanding the lives, beliefs, and experiences of anchorites, "Reading Medieval Anchoritism" explores guides to the anchorite life that were published in England throughout the Middle Ages. Mari Hughes-Edwards surveys five centuries of the guides negotiations of four anchoritic ideals enclosure, solitude, chastity, and orthodoxy as well as two vital spiritual practices, asceticism...