Wandering Monks, Virgins, and Pilgrims: Ascetic Travel in the Mediterranean World, A.D. 300–800. By Maribel Dietz
This is a book about travel. It reminds us that the late classical world was an integrated and mobile society with a good road network, developed international trade networks, and frequent travel by sea. Monks and nuns shared in this mobility, and many left detailed accounts of these journeys. In th...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 317-318 |
| Review of: | Wandering monks, virgins, and pilgrims (University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005) (Binns, John)
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| Summary: | This is a book about travel. It reminds us that the late classical world was an integrated and mobile society with a good road network, developed international trade networks, and frequent travel by sea. Monks and nuns shared in this mobility, and many left detailed accounts of these journeys. In this study Professor Dietz analyses their journeys and the motives for them, and shows how mobility influenced spirituality., After an introductory chapter describing how people travelled, we are introduced to travellers who left accounts of their exploits. Egeria is the first, of course, then a succession of others. One chapter is devoted to travellers in the Iberian peninsula: Hydatius, Martin of Braga, Leander of Seville, Fructuosus of Braga, Emilian, and others. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fll122 |