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The early history of greed : = the sin of avarice in early medieval thought and literature /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The early history of greed :/ Richard Newhauser.
Reminder of title:	the sin of avarice in early medieval thought and literature /
Author:	Newhauser, Richard,
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 246 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Avarice - History. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511485992
ISBN:	9780511485992 (ebook)

The early history of greed : = the sin of avarice in early medieval thought and literature /
Newhauser, Richard,1947-

The early history of greed :the sin of avarice in early medieval thought and literature /Richard Newhauser. - 1 online resource (xiv, 246 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;41. - Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;42..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Alms and ascetes, round stones and masons: avarice in the early church --

The history of avarice as the deadliest vice in western Europe has been said to begin in earnest only with the rise of capitalism or, earlier, the rise of a money economy. In this first full-length study of the early history of greed, Richard Newhauser shows that avaritia, the sin of greed for possessions, has a much longer history, and is more important for an understanding of the Middle Ages, than has previously been allowed. His examination of theological and literary texts composed between the first century CE and the tenth century reveals new significance in the portrayal of various kinds of greed, to the extent that by the early Middle Ages avarice was available to head the list of vices for authors engaged in the task of converting others from pagan materialism to Christian spirituality.

ISBN: 9780511485992 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1441598
Avarice
--History.

LC Class. No.: BJ1535.A8 / N48 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 241/.3

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