"This book aims to shed new light on asceticism of the heart and imperial Christian aspects in the ascetic life of Melania the Younger, in particular, and of a specific group of Roman aristocratic ascetic women, in general. The author draws on the examination of rhetorical langu…
Words matter: hermeneutics in the study of religions
Words matter: hermeneutics in the study of religions
Words matter: hermeneutics in the study of religions
Words matter: hermeneutics in the study of religions
"Monasticism in Late Medieval England, c.1300-1535 provides the first collection of translated sources on this subject. The volume covers both male and female houses of all orders and sizes, and offers a range of new perspectives on the character and reputation of English monast…
*Monasticism in late medieval England, c.1300-1535* provides the first collection of translated sources on this subject. The volume covers both male and female houses of all orders and sizes, and offers a range of new perspectives on the character and reputation of English monas…
"This volume presents selected Lives of holy men who lived on Mount Athos, the most famous Byzantine center of monasticism; it was often termed simply Hagion Oros, or the Holy Mountain. These vitae provide insights both into the history of monastic development on Athos between t…
"Christian asceticism is deeply imbricated in both the power of self-transformation and the divine grace through which it is realized. This study seeks to explore the strategies that enabled ascetics in the Egyptian, Gazan, and Sinaitic monastic traditions of late antiquity to a…