The Emergence of Monasticism: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle AgesJohn Wiley & Sons, 2008 M06 9 - 288 pages The Emergence of Monasticism offers a new approach to the subject, placing its development against the dynamic of both social and religious change.
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Contents
From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages 1 The Emergence of Christian Eremitism | 1 |
From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages 2 The Development of Communal Life | 25 |
From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages 3 Women in Early Monasticism | 42 |
From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages 4 The Meaning of Asceticism | 59 |
From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages 5 The Evolution of Monasticism in the West | 82 |
From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages 6 The Rule of St Benedict and its Italian Setting | 111 |
From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages 7 Britain and Ireland | 138 |
From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages 8 Irish peregrini and European Monasticism | 158 |
From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages 9 England in the Seventh Century | 191 |
From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages Notes | 209 |
From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages Select Bibliography | 251 |
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