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Shenoute and the Women of the White Monastery Krawiec, Dr Rebecca (Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York)
Shenoute and the Women of the White Monastery
Krawiec, Dr Rebecca (Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York)
This title depicts the lives of female monks within a monastery located in upper Egypt in the period 385-464 CE. Piecing together 12 original letters, the author examines how the male monk in charge constructed and exerted his authority, and the degree to which this was accepted.
260 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 14, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195129434 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 152 × 19 mm · 558 g |
| Language | English |