Contextualizing Cassian

Aristocrats, Asceticism, and Reformation in Fifth-Century Gaul

By: Richard J. Goodrich

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Hardcover | 2 August 2007

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Richard J. Goodrich examines the attempt by the fifth-century ascetic writer John Cassian to influence and shape the development of Western monasticism. Goodrich's close analysis of Cassian's earliest work (The Institutes) focuses on his interaction with the values and preconceptions of a traditional Roman elite, as well as his engagement with contemporary writers. By placing The Institutes in context, Goodrich demonstrates just how revolutionary this foundational work was for its time and milieu.

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There is much to recommend in this well-written, thoughtful and clearly structured study. Winrich Lohr, Ecclesiastical History

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