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The Medieval Church · 14th century
The Rule of the Hermits
Anonymous
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What it is
Guidance for solitaries living in cells attached to churches or bridges, on the hours, on manual work, and on how much contact with passers-by is permissible.
Why it lasted
Evidence of how widespread the solitary life was in late medieval Europe outside any formal order.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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