Sheepskins, hair shirts and tunics of palm leaves

The theme is how authority is expressed in monastic clothes in late antiquity. The hypothesis is that different types of monastic garments speak to different types of authority, and that garments especially associated with charismatic authority came under scrutiny and criticism. The point of depart...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ingvild Sælid Gilhus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for the Study of Religion 2018-07-01
Series:Temenos
Online Access:https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/73115