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'Virgins of God': The Making of Asceticism in Late Antiquity - Oxford Classical Monographs
Elm, Susanna (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley)
'Virgins of God': The Making of Asceticism in Late Antiquity - Oxford Classical Monographs
Elm, Susanna (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley)
This study explores how Christian women of the classical world initiated ascetic ways of living, and how these practices were then institutionalized. The author demonstrates that - in direct contrast to later conceptions - asceticism began primarly as an urban movement.
462 pages, bibliography
Media | Książki Paperback Book (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem) |
Wydane | 25 stycznia 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9780198150442 |
Wydawcy | Oxford University Press |
Strony | 462 |
Wymiary | 141 × 221 × 30 mm · 608 g |
Język | English |