tradition to an end in England.

Anchoritic life

The anchoritic life became widespread during the early and high Middle Ages. Examples of the dwellings of anchorites and anchoresses survive, a large number of which are in England. They tended to be a simple cell (also called anchorhold) built against one of the walls of the local village church.

In Germanic-speaking areas, from at least the tenth century it was customary for the bishop

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