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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Very interesting, Jim -- thanks for this! My limited research on hermits tends to show that many of them lived in close contact with other hermits and also with the people of the nearest towns and villages. The lone wild hermit is not so frequent as we might expect, it seems to me. And also I am intrigued by the OESA Augustinian Hermits and by the Camaldolese -- in different ways, they saw themselves to be hermits living in community. If anyone knows of other such eremitical communities -- in mode of living or in artistic/literary groups -- I would be interested to know of them. All good wishes, George -- George FERZOCO [log in to unmask] On 22 Dec 2011, at 22:24, Dr Jim Bugslag wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > 1) Are there other medieval religious groups that were known collectively as hermits? > > George, > It might not be what you had in mind, but among the legions of saints surrounding the altar of the Mystic Lamb in the Ghent Altarpiece, there is a group of hermit saints. > Cheers, > Jim > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html