Redefines the role assigned education in the history of monasticism, by re-situating monasticism in the history of education.

This book explores the personal practices and group rituals for monitoring and training the thoughts of ancient Christian monks. It focuses on the earliest sour

This is the first book-length study of children in one of the birthplaces of early Christian monasticism, Egypt. Although comprised of men and women who had ren

Monasticism, in all of its variations, was a feature of almost every landscape in the medieval West. So ubiquitous were religious women and men throughout the M

This book studies the complex attitude of late ancient Christians towards classical education. In recent years, the different theoretical positions that can be