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Authority and asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great [electronic resource] / Conrad Leyser.
Series: Oxford historical monographs: Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon, 2000Description: 1 online resource (xii, 221 p.).ISBN: 9780191678127 (ebook) :.Subject(s): 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. 30-600Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198208686DDC classification: 274.02 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.