Speculum Inclusorum / A Mirror for Recluses: A Late-Medieval Guide for Anchorites and its Middle English Translation. This item is unavailable.Speculum Inclusorum / A Mirror for Recluses: A Late-Medieval Guide for Anchorites and its Middle English Translation

First edition since 1913 of this fascinating and important text

First English-language edition and the first complete English translation be published

This parallel-text edition will be the first opportunity to compare the Latin and English versions of the rule

An important contribution to the ongoing debates about spirituality and religious institutions in the post-Wyclliffe, post-Arundel church

Includes contextual introduction, notes and on-page glosses, Middle English glossary and full bibliography.

The contextual introduction will bring together his (Eddie's) own research and current debates concerning the text's author and audience and its relation to other works, along with context regarding medieval monastic practices and the broader religious context in which it was produced.

'Dr Jones is the acknowledged expert on this text.'

E. A. Jones is Professor of English Medieval Literature and Culture, University of Exeter and Series Editor of Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies.