Download or read book The Ancrene Riwle written by and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translation of the Middle English manual "Ancrene Riwle" ("Rule for Anchoresses"), which was composed between 1225 and 1240 for the spiritual instruction of women. This edition contains an introduction by Dom Gerard Sitwell and a preface by J.R.R. Tolkien.