{"product_id":"authority-and-asceticism-from-augustine-to-gregory-the-great-9780198208686","title":"Authority and Asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great","description":"When barbarians invaded the Roman Empire in the years around 400 AD, Christian monks hid in their cloisters--or so it is often assumed. Conrad Leyser shows that monks in the early medieval West were, in fact, pioneers in the creation of a new language of moral authority. He describes the making of this tradition over two centuries from St. Augustine to St. Benedict and Gregory the Great.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clarendon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318322991378,"sku":"9780198208686","price":292.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f80fca1d-3860-41d2-b3a9-a25f237fd160.jpg?v=1727553285","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/authority-and-asceticism-from-augustine-to-gregory-the-great-9780198208686","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}