Authority and asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great
When barbarians invaded the Roman Empire in the years around 400 AD, Christian monks hid their cloisters. Conrad Leyser shows that monks in the early medieval West were, in fact, pioneers in the creation of a new language of moral authority
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
2000, 2000
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| Series: | Oxford historical monographs / Oxford historical monographs
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | When barbarians invaded the Roman Empire in the years around 400 AD, Christian monks hid their cloisters. Conrad Leyser shows that monks in the early medieval West were, in fact, pioneers in the creation of a new language of moral authority |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 221 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191678127 |