Authority and asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great / Conrad Leyser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leyser, Conrad.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asceticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Asceticism.

History.

Authority--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Authority.

Monasticism and religious orders--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Monasticism and religious orders--Early church.

Authority--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.

Authority--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Physical Description:

xii, 221 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

When barbarians invaded the Roman Empire in the years around 400 AD, Christian monks hid in their cloisters--or so it is often assumed. Conrad Leyser shows that monks in the early medieval West were, in fact, pioneers in the creation of a new language of moral authority. He describes the making of this tradition over two centuries from St. Augustine to St. Benedict and Gregory the Great.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-215) and index.

ISBN:

0198208685

OCLC:

44391633