The Place of the Holy Man in the Later Roman Empire
The early centuries in the history of Christian asceticism, and of monasticism to which it gave rise, invite a short and accessible overview. The present article aims to supply this. It relies on a very large sampling of texts, mostly hagiographic. As ascetics are there to be seen described by conte...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2019, Volume: 112, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-32 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ascetic
/ Monk
/ Hagiography
/ Church history studies 275-575
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KCA Monasticism; religious orders KCD Hagiography; saints |
| Further subjects: | B
miracle-working
B Monasticism B Ascetics B Hagiography |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |