books.google.co.uk - The thirteenth-century Ancrene Wisse is a guide for female recluses. Addressed to three young sisters of gentle birth, it teaches what truly good anchoresses should and should not do, offering in its examples a glimpse of the real life women had in England in the middle ages. It is also important for...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/A_Companion_to_Ancrene_Wisse.html?id=aw21vOIYZRcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareA Companion to Ancrene Wisse
