The Emergence of Monasticism: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages

The Emergence of Monasticism: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages
ISBN-10
1405106417
ISBN-13
9781405106412
Category
History
Pages
292
Language
English
Published
2003-03-07
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Marilyn Dunn

Description

The Emergence of Monasticism offers a new approach to the subject, placing its development against the dynamic of both social and religious change. First study in any language to cover the formative period of medieval monasticism. Gives particular attention to the contribution of women to ascetic and monastic life.

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