Shenoute and the Women of the White Monastery

Auteur: Krawiec, Dr Rebecca (Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York)
Editeur: Oxford University Press Inc
This title depicts the lives of female monks within a monastery located in upper Egypt in the period 385-464 CE. Piecing together 12 original letters, the author examines how the male monk in charge constructed and exerted his authority, and the degree to which this was accepted.

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This title depicts the lives of female monks within a monastery located in upper Egypt in the period 385-464 CE. Piecing together 12 original letters, the author examines how the male monk in charge constructed and exerted his authority, and the degree to which this was accepted.
ISBN / EAN 9780195129434
Auteur Krawiec, Dr Rebecca (Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York)
Editeur Oxford University Press Inc