num_pages: 292
description: "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.
language: English
title: The Emergence of Monasticism: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages
titlecomplete: The Emergence of Monasticism: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages
genres: Nonfiction, Medieval, Theology, Christian, History
ratings_count: 25
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell