Contextualizing Cassian : Aristocrats, Asceticism, and Reformation in Fifth-Century Gaul
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Early Christian Studies
ISBN-10
0199213135
ISBN-13
9780199213139
Publisher
Oxford University Press
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Oxford University Press
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GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 2nd, 2007
Print length
310 Pages
Weight
519 grams
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22.20 x 14.50 x 2.40 cms
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A study of how John Cassian, a fifth-century Gallic author, tried to direct and reshape the development of Western monasticism. Richard J. Goodrich focuses on how Cassian's ascetic treatises were tailored to persuade a wealthy, aristocratic audience to adopt a more stringent, Christ-centred monastic life.
Richard J. Goodrich examines the attempt by the fifth-century ascetic writer John Cassian to influence and shape the development of Western monasticism. Goodrich''s close analysis of Cassian''s earliest work (The Institutes) focuses on his interaction with the values and preconceptions of a traditional Roman elite, as well as his engagement with contemporary writers. By placing The Institutes in context, Goodrich demonstrates just how revolutionary this foundational work was for its time and milieu.
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