Selling a Freeborn Child.

Vuolanto, Ville

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“…82 Whilst there is much evidence to show that parents did place their children into servitude in the fourth century, such an act was illegal according to Roman law and it was generally considered to be morally reprehensible for a moneylender to accept children as pledges. 83 Faced with the contents of this letter, scholars who support John's identification with John of Lycopolis are in a conundrum: how could a renowned saint willingly collude in the seizure of children as a payment for debt? One suggestion is to amend the term ἔδωκας, 'you gave', to ἔδωκα, 'I gave', on the grounds of the poor syntax, to produce the reading: 'I have already given my children as security.'…”

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‘In Defiance of his Cloth’: Monastic (Im)Piety in Late Antique Egypt

Tutty

2024

Stud. Church hist.

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Hagiographical writing promotes a vision of Egyptian monasticism in which pious ascetic figures are isolated from the world. Peter Brown highlighted the role of the holy man as patron, but nonetheless reinforced a traditional view of Egyptian monasticism based on his readings of works such as the sixth-century Aphothegmata Patrum. Surviving monastic correspondence, in contrast, demonstrates that there was a highly individualized approach to the monastic vocation. In this article, I turn to documentary material to consider the complexities of the early development of the movement. As a case study, I use the Greek and Coptic correspondence of a fourth-century monk called Apa John. My conclusion is that activities and behaviours described in the texts do not always accord with any known typology or ideal, but they are invaluable for exploring aspects of the early monastic impulse and the role played by the movement in wider society.

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Section: An Individual Case History -Apa Johnmentioning

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‘In Defiance of his Cloth’: Monastic (Im)Piety in Late Antique Egypt

Tutty

2024

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Children, pledging of

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Family strategies and the need for cash in an economy based on self‐sufficiency led to the pledging of freeborn children becoming a common phenomenon in Greco‐Roman world, both for boys and girls. Parents would pledge children, with their labor and services as further security, for the repayment for debts. Often the pledged child worked in the household of the creditor for the capital and/or interest of the debt, and thus the phenomenon was linked to child work and, more particularly, to the selling of children and the leasing of their work.

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Selling a Freeborn Child.

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‘In Defiance of his Cloth’: Monastic (Im)Piety in Late Antique Egypt

‘In Defiance of his Cloth’: Monastic (Im)Piety in Late Antique Egypt

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