Riehle, Wolfgang,  1937- <br/><br/>
The secret within :  hermits, recluses, and spiritual outsiders in medieval England / 
Wolfgang Riehle ; translated by Charity Scott-Stokes. 
 - 1 online resource (448 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The development of eremitical mysticism in the British Isles -- Early Cistercian theology in England -- Ancrene wisse : a magnificent exemplar of early English mysticism -- "Female" versus "male" spirituality : a talking of the love of God and the meditations of the Monk of Farne -- Richard Rolle of Hampole : England's first great mystic -- Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls and its reception in England -- The cloud of unknowing and related tracts -- Walter Hilton : England's mystic theologian -- The singular vision of Julian of Norwich -- Margery Kempe : the shocking "fool in Christ" -- Some aspects of popularizing mysticism in late medieval England. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801451096 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801470936 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mysticism--History--England--Middle Ages, 600-1500.<br/>English literature--History and criticism.--Middle English, 1100-1500<br/>Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV5077.E54  / R5413 2014eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>248.2/209420902