The Emergence of Monasticism

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

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781405106412
Publisher: Wiley
Imprint: Wiley Blackwell
Pub date:
DEWEY: 271.009015
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 280
Weight: 420g
Height: 225mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 17mm