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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Finnish Society for the Study of Religion
2018-07-01
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Series: | Temenos |
Online Access: | https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/73115 |