Reading Richard Rolle's Officium: The Life and Miracles of an Uncanonized Hermit in Medieval England

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· 발행기관 : 한국서양중세사학회
· 수록지 정보 : 서양중세사연구 / 44호 / 127 ~ 156페이지
· 저자명 : Sono MORISHITA

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At the Seventh Korean-Japanese Symposium on Medieval History of Europe, I considered the gender bias problem of medieval religious women. It was not satisfactory, because I paid little attention to the male counterpart. In this paper, I will reconsider changing images of idealistic religious lives, firstly by studying the origin of ascetic lives of the Desert Fathers, secondly by studying The Rule of St. Benedict, and thirdly by studying ‘Vita Apostolica’ movement and revival of anchoritic life. Then, I will focus on writings about the life and miracles of Richard Rolle of Hampole (d.1349). Richard Rolle of Hampole is a good example of a medieval hermit. His social status appeared high, but his writings show his defensive tone. Medieval hermit is/was marginalized too, and the definition of hermit itself is not clear, because it has been changed. His canonization was failed, but his Life and Miracles show us complex images of medieval hermit.

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