Claiming the wilderness in late Roman Gaul
(2022)
Journal Article
Clay, J. (2022). Claiming the wilderness in late Roman Gaul. Journal of Early Christian Studies, 30(3), 403-432. https://doi.org/10.1353/earl.2022.0026
The enthusiasm with which Christian authors of late Roman Gaul adopted the ideal of desert asceticism is well known. There is also general agreement that the appeal of the wilderness was, for many of these individuals, more rhetorical than actual. Wh... Read More about Claiming the wilderness in late Roman Gaul.