Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty: Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt

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Author(s): Ariel G. Lopez
Publisher: University of California Press
Year: 2013

Language: English
Pages: 256

Cover......Page 2
Title Page......Page 9
Copyright Page......Page 10
Table of Contents......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Introduction......Page 19
1: Loyal Opposition......Page 37
2: A Miraculous Economy......Page 64
3: Rural Patronage: Holy and Unholy......Page 91
4: The Limits of Intolerance......Page 120
Conclusion......Page 145
Appendix A: The Chronology of Shenoute’s Life and Activities......Page 149
Appendix B: The Sources......Page 153
List of Abbreviations......Page 157
Notes......Page 161
Bibliography......Page 225
Index......Page 245