Contextualizing Cassian

Aristocrats, Asceticism, and Reformation in Fifth-Century Gaul

von Richard J. Goodrich

310 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 traditional Roman elite, as well as his engagement with contemporary writers. By placing The Institutes in context, Goodrich demonstrates just how revolutionary this foundational work was for its time and milieu.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum
• ISBN: 9780199213139
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.08.2007
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: OUP Oxford