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Both episcopal and abbatial authority were of fundamental importance to the development of the Christian church in Anglo-Saxon England. Bishops and heads of monastic houses were invested with a variety of types of power and influence. Their actions, decisions, and writings could change not only their own institutions, but also the national church, while their interaction with the king and his court affected wider contemporary society. Theories of ecclesiastical leadership were expounded in contemporary texts and documents. But how far did image or ideal reflect reality? How much room was there for individuals to use their office to promote new ideas? The papers in this volume illustrate the important roles played by individual leading ecclesiastics in England, both within the church and in the wider political sphere, from the late seventh to the mid eleventh century. The undeniable authority of Bede and Bishop Æthelwold is demonstrated but also the influence of less-familiar figures such as Bishop Wulfsige of Sherborne, Archbishop Ecgberht of York and St Leoba. The book draws on both textual and material evidence to show the influence (by both deed and reputation) of powerful personalities not only on the developing institutions of the English church but also on the secular politics of their time. Contributors: Alexander R. Rumble, Nicholas J. Higham, Martyn J. Ryan, Cassandra Rhodes, Allan Scott McKinley, Dominik Wassenhoven, Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Debby Banham, Joyce Hill.
Bishops --- Christian biography --- Christian leadership --- Biography --- Evêques --- Biographies chrétiennes --- Leadership chrétien --- Biographie --- Biographies --- England --- Angleterre --- Church history --- Biography. --- Histoire religieuse --- Evêques --- Biographies chrétiennes --- Leadership chrétien --- Bishops - England - Biography --- Christian biography - England --- Christian leadership - England --- Biography - Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- Anglo-Saxons --- Christianisme --- England - Church history - 449-1066 --- England - Biography --- Biography, Medieval --- Medieval biography --- Middle Ages --- Church leadership --- Lay leadership --- Church work --- Leadership --- Abbatial Authority. --- Anglo-Saxon Church. --- Bede. --- Bishops. --- Ecclesiastical Leadership. --- Episcopal Authority. --- Medieval England. --- Monastic Houses.
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An apostolic lifestyle characterized by total material renunciation, homelessness, and begging was practiced by monks throughout the Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. Such monks often served as spiritual advisors to urban aristocrats whose patronage gave them considerable authority and independence from episcopal control. This book is the first comprehensive study of this type of Christian poverty and the challenge it posed for episcopal authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity. Focusing on devotional practices, Daniel Caner draws together diverse testimony from Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and elsewhere-including the Pseudo-Clementine Letters to Virgins, Augustine's On the Work of Monks, John Chrysostom's homilies, legal codes-to reveal gospel-inspired patterns of ascetic dependency and teaching from the third to the fifth centuries. Throughout, his point of departure is social and cultural history, especially the urban social history of the late Roman empire. He also introduces many charismatic individuals whose struggle to persist against church suppression of their chosen way of imitating Christ was fought with defiant conviction, and the book includes the first annotated English translation of the biography of Alexander Akoimetos (Alexander the Sleepless). Wandering, Begging Monks allows us to understand these fascinating figures of early Christianity in the full context of late Roman society.
Monastic and religious life --- Messalians. --- Adelphians --- Enthusiasts (Messalians) --- Euchites --- Lampetians --- Marcianites --- Massalians --- Christian heresies --- History --- 4th century. --- 5th century. --- alexander akoimetos. --- alexander the sleepless. --- antiquity. --- apostolic. --- ascetic. --- asia minor. --- augustine. --- begging. --- catholic church. --- catholicism. --- christian poverty. --- church history. --- cloister. --- devotions. --- early christianity. --- early church. --- egypt. --- episcopal authority. --- gospels. --- homelessness. --- homilies. --- material renunciation. --- monasticism. --- monks. --- on the work of monks. --- patronage. --- pseudo clementine letters to virgins. --- religious life. --- religious vows. --- roman empire. --- social history. --- spiritual life. --- syria. --- vow of poverty.
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