Christina Carpenter, an anchoress enclosed at the church of Shere, Surrey, in 1329, is known in historical record solely through the documentation of both her enclosure and, unusually, her re-enclosure, found in the episcopal register of John Stratford, bishop of Winchester 1323–1333. These letters demonstrate the formal procedures around anchoritic enclosure in place by the fourteenth century, including disciplinary action.

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Letters Concerning the Enclosure of Christina Carpenter

  • Alicia Smith

摘要

Christina Carpenter, an anchoress enclosed at the church of Shere, Surrey, in 1329, is known in historical record solely through the documentation of both her enclosure and, unusually, her re-enclosure, found in the episcopal register of John Stratford, bishop of Winchester 1323–1333. These letters demonstrate the formal procedures around anchoritic enclosure in place by the fourteenth century, including disciplinary action.