Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism

Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism

Schroeder, Caroline T.

Cambridge University Press

09/2020

248

Dura

Inglês

9781107156876

15 a 20 dias

600

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Introduction; Part I. Finding children: 1. Documenting the undocumented: Children in the earliest Egyptian Monasteries; 2. The language of childhood; Part II. Representations: 3. Homoeroticism, children, and the making of monks; 4. Child sacrifice: From familial renunciation to Jephthah's lost daughter; 5. Monastic family values: The healing of children; Part III. A social history: 6. Making new monks: Children's education, discipline, and ascetic formation; 7. Breaking rules and telling tales: Daily life for monastic children; 8. The ties that bind: Emotional and social bonds between parents and children; Conclusion: Monastic genealogies; Bibliography.
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