Monasticism and the City in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

ISBN-13: 9781108984485 / Angielski

Mateusz Fafinski; Jakob Riemenschneider

Opis

This Element will reevaluate the relationship between monasticism and the city in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the period 400 to 700 in both post-Roman West and the eastern Mediterranean, putting both of those areas in conversation.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Monasticism as a genre of society; 2. The Monastery as a City; 3. Monks and Nuns in the City; 4. Monastic Learning; 5. Monasticism as an Afroeurasian Phenomenon; Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography.