Children And Family In Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism

The first book about children in one of the birthplaces of Christian monasticism, Egypt. Uses diverse written and visual sources to demonstrate how early Egyptian monasteries provided an intergenerational continuity of social, cultural, and economic capital while also contesting the traditional family's claims to these forms of social continuity.

• | By (Author): Caroline T. (University Of Oklahoma) Schroeder
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 10, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 269 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 131661008X
• | ISBN-13: 9781316610084