Leyser, Conrad. <br/><br/>
Authority and asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great  [electronic resource] / 
Conrad Leyser. 
 - Oxford :  Clarendon,  2000. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 221 p.). 
 - Oxford historical monographs .
 - Oxford historical monographs. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780191678127 (ebook) :  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Asceticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Authority--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Monasticism and religious orders--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV5023 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>274.02