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Emergence of Monasticism - From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages (Paperback, New Ed)
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Emergence of Monasticism - From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages (Paperback, New Ed)
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This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of the
emergence of monasticism from its roots in late antiquity and its
transition to the early medieval West. Beginning with the search
for individual perfection in the context of the religious and
social climate of fourth-century Egypt, it traces the adoption and
transformation of monastic ideas and practices first by the elites
of the Western Roman Empire and later by the royalty and
aristocracy of the so-called 'barbarian' kingdoms, including the
Franks and Anglo-Saxons. It tracks the development of monastic
rules and includes sections on female asceticism and monasticism,
on Irish monasticism and its influence, and the developing theology
of afterlife and intercession. This unique work is based on a
detailed consideration of the texts, their use and adaptation, and
is the first treatment of the subject to draw together social and
religious approaches. The book offers a number of original
perspectives on major issues and controversies.
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