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Contextualizing Cassian: Aristocrats, Asceticism, and Reformation in Fifth-Century Gaul

Contextualizing Cassian: Aristocrats, Asceticism, and Reformation in Fifth-Century Gaul

Hardcover

Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies

Religion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 0199213135
ISBN13: 9780199213139
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Apr 15 2008
Pages: 310
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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.

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