The Emergence of Monasticism: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages

Copyright © 2000, 2003 by Marilyn Dunn

The Emergence of Monasticism: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages

Editor(s): Marilyn Dunn

Published Online: 14 JAN 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631134633

Online ISBN: 9780470754580

DOI: 10.1002/9780470754580

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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.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–viii)

    2. Chapter 1

      The Emergence of Christian Eremitism (pages 1–24)

    3. Chapter 2

      The Development of Communal Life (pages 25–41)

    4. Chapter 3

      Women in Early Monasticism (pages 42–58)

    5. Chapter 4

      The Meaning of Asceticism (pages 59–81)

    6. Chapter 5

      The Evolution of Monasticism in the West (pages 82–110)

    7. Chapter 6

      The Rule of St Benedict and its Italian Setting (pages 111–137)

    8. Chapter 7

      Britain and Ireland (pages 138–157)

    9. Chapter 8

      Irish Peregrini and European Monasticism (pages 158–190)

    10. Chapter 9

      England in the Seventh Century (pages 191–208)

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      Notes (pages 209–250)

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      Select Bibliography (pages 251–274)

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      Index (pages 275–280)

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