Locked down forever
Rachael Kerr explains the significance of that bizarre and mystical character of the Church during the Middle Ages, the anchoress Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast – Isaiah 26:20 We’ve all had more than enough of our chambers recently, but our struggles pale in comparison with those of the anchoress – the medieval women who would have heard these words from Isaiah as they voluntarily entered into the most extreme form of lockdown yet invented. In a world where sain...
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