Introduction to the desert fathers, an
Auteur :
Wortley, John
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108481021
Date de publication :
6 juin 2019
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
420 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
An accessible introduction exploring how the earliest Christian monks lived and taught in the Egyptian deserts in the fourth to the seventh centuries AD, using their own tales and sayings. Shows the gradual transformation of their essentially solitary existence into communal co-existence which defined the monasteries of the Middle Ages.