Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
259 followers · 172 posts · Server h-net.social
@CandaceRobbAuthor This find is so interesting! The #LadyOfClare supported the #anchoress Anne de Lexeden, & her records of expenditure also give some insight into the reclusive lifestyle in the #MiddleAges.
Extract from 'For Her Good Estate' by Frances A. Underhill, p.162 of the 2020 edition: https://barnes1.net/FHGE/
#14thCentury #15thCentury #anchorite #hermit #medieval #medievodons #histodons @medievodons
#LadyofClare #anchoress #middleages #14thcentury #15thcentury #anchorite #hermit #medieval #medievodons #histodons
Joe V. · @jhv
218 followers · 6804 posts · Server triangletoot.partyI guess I shouldn't be surprised about practices this extreme, but I still am. https://phys.org/news/2023-02-mysterious-skeleton-revealed-unusual-lady.html
Since I had no idea what an anchorite or anchoress was, I had to look it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchorite
#Christianity #anthropology #anchoress #anchorite #monasticism
"This medieval woman was buried in a tightly crouched position within the apse of the church foundations, a small room located behind the altar."
#monasticism #anchorite #anchoress #anthropology #christianity
fomoose · @fomoose
3 followers · 7 posts · Server nerdculture.de@rudi_h This isn't my collection, but just a few of the bands I've been listening to lately (not all #progrock): #katebush, #lunatic_soul, #tool, #anchoress, #aimee_mann, #sting
#progrock #katebush #lunatic_soul #tool #anchoress #aimee_mann #sting