TY - GEN N2 - Christine Carpenter is a 14th century visionary girl in England, who attracts the village priest and an officer. The priest urges her to become an Anchoress (a virgin walled up in the church) and she accepts, attracting pilgrims seeking her advice and healing power. When her awakening sexuality calls into question this lifelong arrangement, she challenges the priest's authority. The order of society, including its government, religion and sexual relations, are thrown into turmoil. AB - Christine Carpenter is a 14th century visionary girl in England, who attracts the village priest and an officer. The priest urges her to become an Anchoress (a virgin walled up in the church) and she accepts, attracting pilgrims seeking her advice and healing power. When her awakening sexuality calls into question this lifelong arrangement, she challenges the priest's authority. The order of society, including its government, religion and sexual relations, are thrown into turmoil. T1 - Anchoress DA - c2005. CY - [New York, NY] : AU - Newby, Chris. AU - Stanley-Smith, Judith. AU - Breuls, Paul. AU - Gibson, Ben, AU - Watkins, Christine. AU - Bervoets, Gene. AU - Morse, Natalie. AU - Willcox, Toyah, AU - Postlethwaite, Pete. ET - Letterboxed. CN - PN1997 CN - PN1997 PB - Vanguard, PP - [New York, NY] : PY - c2005. N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993. ID - 319815 KW - Visionaries KW - Girls KW - Virginity KW - Women in Christianity SN - 1892649381 SN - 9781892649386 TI - Anchoress ER -