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Wandering, begging monks: spiritual authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity

Daniel Caner c2002 © University of California Press
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Series
  • Transformation of the Classical Heritage
ISBN(s)
  • 9780520344563 (paper)
  • 9780520928503 (ebook)
  • 9780520233249 (hardcover)
Subject
  • European: 400-1400
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page xi)
  • ABBREVIATIONS (page xiii)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • The Model Holy Man (page 4)
  • Normative Tradition and Historical Realities (page 12)
  • 1. Wandering in the Desert and the Virtues of Manual Labor (page 19)
  • 2. Apostolic Wanderers of Third-Century Syria (page 50)
  • 3. In Support of "People Who Pray": Apostolic Monasticism and the Messalian Controversy (page 83)
  • 4. Apostle and Heretic: The Controversial Career of Alexander the Sleepless (page 126)
  • 5. Hypocrites and Pseudomonks: Beggars, Bishops, and Ascetic Teachers in Cities of the Early Fifth Century (page 158)
  • 6. Monastic Patronage and the Two Churches of Constantinople (page 206)
  • Epilogue (page 243)
  • Appendix: The Life of Alexander Akoimétos (page 249)
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 281)
  • INDEX (page 311)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JRS 93 (2003): 417 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3184759
AHR 108.3 (Jun. 2003): 892-893 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3523195
CHR 89.4 (Oct. 2003): 745-746 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/catholic_historical_review/v089/89.4frank.html
JECS 11.3 (Fall 2003): 428-430 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_early_christian_studies/v011/11.3casiday.html
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