The Emergence of Monasticism
Subtitle: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited; Blackwell
Published: February 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781405106412
Subjects: Christian communities & monasticism; History of religion; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; World history: c 500 to C 1500; Religion - Church History; History: World; History; Western Continental Europe; Western Europe - General; Christianity - History - Catholic; Institutions & Organizations; CHRISTIAN LIFE_EARLY CHURCH, ca. 30-600; MONASTIC AND RELIGIOUS LIFE; Religion / Church History; Christianity - History - General; Medieval
First sentence: In 324 an Egyptian villager named Aurelius Isidorus of Karanis was attacked by two enraged neighbours, Pamounis and Harpalos, when he turned their cow, which was eating his crops, off his land.