دانلود کتاب The Emergence of Monasticism: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages

The Emergence of Monasticism offers a new approach to the subject, placing its development against the dynamic of both social and religious change.First study in any language to cover the formative period of medieval monasticism.Gives particular attention to the contribution of women to ascetic and monastic life. Content: Chapter 1 The Emergence of Christian Eremitism (pages 1–24): Chapter 2 The Development of Communal Life (pages 25–41): Chapter 3 Women in Early Monasticism (pages 42–58): Chapter 4 The Meaning of Asceticism (pages 59–81): Chapter 5 The Evolution of Monasticism in the West (pages 82–110): Chapter 6 The Rule of St Benedict and its Italian Setting (pages 111–137): Chapter 7 Britain and Ireland (pages 138–157): Chapter 8 Irish Peregrini and European Monasticism (pages 158–190): Chapter 9 England in the Seventh Century (pages 191–208):