Medieval monks devoted their lives to serving God, living a peaceful life of chastity and obedience. The monk Goscelin of St. Bertin composes Liber Confortatorius: The Book of Encouragement and Consolation to send to a supposed protégé and close friend Eva in the course of her choosing to become an anchoress. The book of encouragement is both fascinating and frustrating in that it provides a look into the relationship between men and women in the Middle Ages within a religious setting but is far from a teacher-student relationship and instead portrays Goscelin’s infatuation for Eva. The hypocrisy in Goscelin’s actions within his texts is directly seen as a portrayal of the lack of obedience that is required of monks. The text is borderline erotic and the monk’s love for the anchoress goes far beyond fatherly and blatantly carnal. Eva entered the convent of Wilton where Goscelin became her tutor and mentor, overseeing her progress from a child oblate to a nun. When Goscelin was forced out of the church, Eva left England for the church of Saint Laurent du Tertre in Angers, France where she made the vow to become an anchoress without informing Goscelin. So saddened by her departure without a proper goodbye, Goscelin creates his Liber Confortatorius specifically just for Eva and if any reader were to happen upon these texts, they were to returned to her. Offering her kind words and praise for what she is to do, the text is offered as a “guide.” The monk clearly missed the companionship of Eva and longed for her presence so much so that the texts begin with Goscelin’s recounting of the sorrow that wells up within him as he is writing, “the tears and moans that overtake him” (Goscelin ).There are essentially four sections within the text, the very first being the monk complaining about their distance even though his words are meant to comfort the anchoress. However, the first section hardly consoles but appears to be a