Ancrene Wisse

Robert Hasenfratz is Professor of English at the University of Connecticut. He is editor of Mystics Quarterly, soon to become The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures; co-author with Thomas Jambeck of Reading Old English (2005); and producer of Lingua Latina, aka WinLatin, a Latin drill program for Windows XP.

Preface

Introduction

Ancrene Wisse 's Place in Literary History

The Anchoritic Life

Authorship

Audience

Date

Structure

Language

Manuscripts

Related Texts

Critical Reception

The Question of Mysticism

Editorial Principles

Select Bibliography

Ancrene Wisse

Author’s Preface

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Part Seven

Part Eight

Explanatory Notes

Textual Notes

Appendices

One: Motif and Exempla Index

Two: Proper Names Index

Glossary