late antiquity: monasticism

Isabel Webb and Brianne Kendall

LATE ANTIQUITY: MONASTICISM

MonasticismMonasteriesAbbots/AbbessesSeparation from urban lifePlaces of charitable worksAscetism

“Physical self-denial”

AscetismLuxuriesGreater self-deprivation

MelaniaElder/youngerAscetism/good worksPilgrimageArrestedconversions

MonksWho are they?“Solitary”3rd Century EgyptiansMonasteriesBishop/Monk relationship

V.S.

Martin of Tours

Conversion and arrest

monkBishop of

Tours

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