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Ancrene Riwle

Translated by M.B. Salu

Ancrene Riwle
Subjects: Medieval Studies


With an introduction by Dom Gerard Sitwell and a preface by J.R.R. Tolkien.







PREFACE BY J. R. R. TOLKIEN, vi; INTRODUCTION BY DOM GERARD SITWELL, vii; TRANSLATOR'S NOTE, xxiii; THE AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION TO HIS RULE, 1; PART; I. DEVOTIONS, 7; II. THE CUSTODY OF THE SENSES, 21; III. THE REGULATION OF THE INWARD FEELINGS, 53; IV. TEMPTATIONS, 78; V. CONFESSION, 133; VI. PENANCE, 154; VII. LOVE, 170; VIII. EXTERNAL RULES, 182; APPENDIX. Private devotions in the Ancrene Riwle, by Dom Gerard Sitwell, 193.



 



“A valuable and readable introduction to the Ancrene Riwle. A remarkably skilful translation.” (Review of English Studies)






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