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

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

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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.