Shenoute of Atripe and the uses of poverty rural patronage, religious conflict, and monasticism in late antique Egypt /

Lopez, Ariel G., 1977-

Shenoute of Atripe and the uses of poverty rural patronage, religious conflict, and monasticism in late antique Egypt / [electronic resource] : Ariel G. Lopez. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2013. - xi, 237 p. : maps. - Transformation of the classical heritage ; 50 . - The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature . - Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. .

Revised dissertation--Princeton University, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: "Rustic audacity" -- Loyal opposition -- A miraculous economy -- Rural patronage: holy and unholy -- The limits of intolerance -- Conclusion.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780520954922 (electronic bk.)




Shenute, Saint, ca. 348-466.


Coptic monasticism and religious orders--History.
Romans--Egypt.


Egypt--History--30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Egypt--Economic conditions--332 B.C.-640 A.D.


Electronic books.

BR1720.S48 / L67 2013

271.0092