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Ancrene Wisse (/ˌæŋkrɛn ˈwɪs/; also known as the Ancrene Riwle /ˌæŋkrɛn ˈriːʊli/ or Guide for Anchoresses) is an anonymous monastic rule (or manual) for...

"Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad" is a 1929 essay by J. R. R. Tolkien on the thirteenth century Middle English treatise Ancrene Wisse ("The Anchoresses'...

The most widely known today is the early 13th-century text known as Ancrene Wisse. Another, less widely known, example is the rule known as De Institutione...

Guixin (癸辛雜識) c. 1200 Layamon – Brut Nibelungenlied Early 13th century Ancrene Wisse Færeyinga saga Farid al-Din Attar – Mantiqu 't-Tayr (The Conference...

Oxford University Press – editorial prefatory note 1962 Ancrene Wisse: The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle, Early English Text Society, Oxford University...

accoutrements were not for holy women, according to the early 13th century Ancrene Wisse, written for their guidance. Sumptuary laws were promulgated to restrain...

12th century, incorporating a unique phonetic spelling system; and the Ancrene Wisse and the Katherine Group, religious texts written for anchoresses, apparently...

long-distance swimmer Ancrene Wisse, a monastic manual for female anchorites Wisse at the Meertens Institute database of Dutch given names. Wisse, van at the Meertens...

Meidhad and Ancrene Wisse: evidence for dating from mention of religious orders' habits", in: Medium Aevum (1993) Millett, Bella (1996) Ancrene Wisse, the Katherine...

English poetic style and used a predominantly Anglo-Saxon vocabulary. Ancrene Wisse, of the same era, allowed for French and Old Norse loans but maintained...

David (2003b), 'The Anglo-French lexis of the Ancrene Wisse: a re-evaluation', in A Companion to 'Ancrene Wisse', ed. Yoko Wada (Cambridge: Boydell & Brewer...

variety of Middle English found in the Corpus manuscript, containing Ancrene Wisse (whence 'A'), and in MS Bodley 34 in Bodleian Library, Oxford (whence...

Ancrene Wisse, and, following an "intermediate conclusion," seven brief sections dealing with other aspects of (religious) love. Besides the Ancrene Wisse...

corpus study of abbreviations of Germanic and Romance lexicon in the Ancrene Wisse". In Stenroos, Merja; Mäkinen, Martti; Thengs, Kjetil Vikhamar; Traxel...

the concepts of just kingship versus sinful kingship derived from the Ancrene Wisse (which Tolkien had written on in 1929), and a Christian understanding...

were appreciated for their ability to manage household rodents. The Ancrene Wisse, a 13th-century medieval text, advises female hermits that "you shall...

burnt alive. Contemporary Catholic religious instructions, such as the Ancrene Wisse, permitted consecrated women and anchorites to own pet cats. The only...

written standard of the West Midlands which also characterises the Ancrene Wisse and the Katherine Group. The group comprises: Þe Wohunge of ure Laured...

com. Archived from the original on 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-04. "Ancrene Wisse". British Library. Archived from the original on 2023-01-26. Retrieved...

English literature such as Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad, that he was writing on in his scholarly life. The...