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Children and family in late antique Egyptian monasticism / Caroline T. Schroeder, University of Oklahoma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schroeder, Caroline T., 1971- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian children--Religious life--History--To 1500.
- Christian children.
- Children--Egypt--History--To 1500.
- Children.
- Families--Egypt--History--To 1500.
- Families.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- History.
- Christian children--Religious life.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Finding Children
- Chapter 1 Documenting the Undocumented: Children in the Earliest Egyptian Monasteries
- Chapter 2 The Language of Childhood
- Part II Representations
- Chapter 3 Homoeroticism, Children, and the Making of Monks
- Chapter 4 Child Sacrifice: From Familial Renunciation to Jephthah's Lost Daughter
- Chapter 5 Monastic Family Values: The Healing of Children
- Part III A Social History
- Chapter 6 Making New Monks: Children's Education, Discipline, and Ascetic Formation
- Chapter 7 Breaking Rules and Telling Tales: Daily Life for Monastic Children
- Chapter 8 The Ties That Bind: Emotional and Social Bonds between Parents and Children
- Conclusion: Monastic Genealogies
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Names and Subjects
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 28, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Schroeder, Caroline T., 1971- Children and family in late antique Egyptian monasticism
- ISBN:
- 9781316661642
- 1316661644
- Publisher Number:
- 40030411444
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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