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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811759403321

Autore

Goodrich Richard J. <1962->

Titolo

Contextualizing Cassian : aristocrats, asceticism, and reformation in fifth-century Gaul / / Richard J. Goodrich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

9786611149185

1-281-14918-7

0-19-152660-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Collana

Oxford early Christian studies

Disciplina

271.0092

Soggetti

Monastic and religious life - History of doctrines

Asceticism - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

Gaul Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The world of Gallic asceticism; 2. Experientia vs Gallic inexperience; 3. Experientia vs other builders; 4. Instituta as independent authority; 5. Renuntiatio and the 'Rhetoric of Renunciation'; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Cassian of Marseilles?; Appendix 2: Textual problems in De institutis 3; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

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