In Samuel's image : : child oblation in the early medieval West / / by Mayke De Jong.
Early medieval religious communities were filled with monks and nuns who spent almost their entire lives within the monastic confines. Many had arrived in childhood, through an irrevocable act of parental sacrifice (oblatio). According to Benedict's Rule, parents were to donate their sons “to G...
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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 12 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1996. |
| Year of Publication: | 1996 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 12. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (377 pages) :; illustrations. |
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