Authority and asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Conrad Leyser.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 221 pages ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Oxford historical monographs
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-215) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Augustine and the problem of authority -- The moral science of John Cassian -- The pastoral arts of the rhethor Pomerius -- The pure speech of Caesarius of Arles -- The anonymity of the Rule of St. Benedict -- The weakness of Gregory -- A language of power.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
When barbarians invaded the Roman Empire in the years around 400 AD, Christian monks hid their cloisters. Conrad Leyser shows that monks in the early medieval West were, in fact, pioneers in the creation of a new language of moral authority.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Asceticism-- History-- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Authority-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History of doctrines-- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Monasticism and religious orders-- History-- Early church, ca. 30-600.