Contextualizing Cassian : aristocrats, asceticism, and reformation in fifth-century Gaul / Richard J. Goodrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodrich, Richard J., 1962-

Series:

Oxford early Christian studies.

Oxford early Christian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monastic and religious life--History of doctrines.

Monastic and religious life.

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

Asceticism.

Gaul--Religion.

Gaul.

Cassian, John, ca. 360-ca. 435. Instituta.

Cassian, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study of how John Cassian, a fifth-century Gallic author, tried to direct and reshape the development of Western monasticism. Richard J. Goodrich focuses on how Cassian's ascetic treatises were tailored to persuade a wealthy, aristocratic audience to adopt a more stringent, Christ-centred monastic life. - ;Richard J. Goodrich examines the attempt by the fifth-century ascetic writer John Cassian to influence and shape the development of Western monasticism. Goodrich's close analysis of Cassian's earliest work (The Institutes) focuses on his interaction with the values and preconceptions of a

Contents:

Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The world of Gallic asceticism; 2. Experientia vs Gallic inexperience; 3. Experientia vs other builders; 4. Instituta as independent authority; 5. Renuntiatio and the 'Rhetoric of Renunciation'; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Cassian of Marseilles?; Appendix 2: Textual problems in De institutis 3; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611149185

1-281-14918-7

0-19-152660-6

OCLC:

476240847